The Evolution of Perissodactyls

by Prothero, Donald R.; Schoch, Robert M.

• ISBN13: 9780195060393
• ISBN10: 0195060393
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1989-10-19
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This new treatise is comprised of 24 papers covering virtually every recent development regarding fossil horses, rhinos, tapirs, and their extinct relatives. It includes materials currently available in no other reference, such as information on the oldest known rhino and the oldest known perissodactyl, as well as papers debunking myths about the evolution of horses, and strong evidence that hyraxes are not related to elephants. The summary chapter includes useful charts which show the relationships of all perissodactyl genera, their distribution in time and space, and a new classification of the order.

Table of Contents

Leonard Burton Radinsky (1937-1985)

A Brief Historical Review of Perissodactyl Classification

Radinskya Yupingae, A Perissodactyl-Like Mammal from the Late Paleocene of Southern China

Hyracoids, the Sister-Group of Perissodactyls

The Evolution of the Hyracoidea: A Review of the Fossil Evidence

Character Polarities in Early Perissodactyls and their Significance for Hyracotherium and Infraordinal

Origin and Systematic Position of the Paleotheriidae

Phylogeny of the Family Equidae

Dental Character Variation in Paleopopulations and Morphospecies of Fossil Horses and Extant Analogues

The Evolution of Mid-Oligocene Horses

Phylogenetic Interrelationships and Evolution of North American Late Equidae

Hipparion Horses: A Pattern of Worldwide Dispersal and Endemic Evolution

A Review of Old World Hipparionine Horses

A Quantitative Study of the North American Fossil Species of the Genus Equus

A Review of the Tapiroids

The History of the Rhinocerotoidea

The Phylogenetic History and Adaptive Radiation of the Amynodontidae

The Allaceropine Hyracodonts

The Systematics of Indricotheres

Teletaceras Radinskyi, A New Primitive Rhinocerotid from the Late Eocene Clarno Formation

The Rhinocerotidae

Hoploaceratherium, n. gen., A New Generic Name for "Aceratherium" Tetradactylum Lartet1837

Taxonomy and Biochronology of Eomoropus and Grangeria, Eocene Chalicotheres from the Western United States and China

Interrelationships and Diversity in the Chalicotheriidae

The Brontotheriidae: A Systematic Revision and Preliminary Phylogeny of North American Genera

European Brontotheres

Taxonomy of Duchesneodus (Brontotheriidae) from the Late Eocene of North America

The Origin and Evolution of Perissodactyls: A Summary and Synthesis

Classification of the Perissodactyla

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