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9780521594493

Evolution of Herbivory in Terrestrial Vertebrates: Perspectives from the Fossil Record

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    9780521594493

  • ISBN10:

    0521594499

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-08-28
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Although herbivory probably first appeared over 300 million years ago, it only became established as a common feeding strategy during Late Permian times. Subsequently, herbivory evolved in numerous lineages of terrestrial vertebrates, and the acquisition of this mode of feeding was frequently associated with considerable evolutionary diversification in those lineages. This book represents the first comprehensive overview of the evolution of herbivory in land-dwelling amniote tetrapods in recent years. In Evolution of Herbivory in Terrestrial Vertebrates leading experts review the structural adaptations for, and the evolutionary history of, feeding on plants in the major groups of land-dwelling vertebrates, especially dinosaurs and ungulate mammals. As such it will be the definitive reference source on this topic for evolutionary biologists and vertebrate paleontologists alike.

Table of Contents

List of contributors
vii
Preface ix
Herbivory in terrestrial vertebrates: an introduction
1(8)
Hans-Dieter Sues
Herbivory in late Paleozoic and Triassic terrestrial vertebrates
9(33)
Robert R. Reisz
Hans-Dieter Sues
Prosauropod dinosaurs and iguanas: speculations on the diets of extinct reptiles
42(37)
Paul M. Barrett
The evolution of sauropod feeding mechanisms
79(44)
Paul Upchurch
Paul M. Barrett
Plant-eaters and ghost lineages: dinosaurian herbivory revisited
123(21)
David B. Weishampel
Coralia-Maria Jianu
Dental constraints in the early evolution of mammalian herbivory
144(24)
John M. Rensberger
Patterns in the evolution of herbivory in large terrestrial mammals: the Paleogene of North America
168(55)
Christine M. Janis
Origin and evolution of the grazing guild in Cenozoic New World terrestrial mammals
223(22)
Bruce J. MacFadden
Taxonomic index 245(4)
Subject index 249

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