The Skull, Volume 2: Patterns of Structural and Systematic Diversity

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James Hanken, Brian K. Hall
University of Chicago Press, 15 wrz 1993 - 580
In this authoritative three-volume reference work, leading researchers bring together current work to provide a comprehensive analysis of the comparative morphology, development, evolution, and functional biology of the skull.
 

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Evolutionary Origin of the Vertebrate Skull
1
Major Patterns
3
DevelopmentalGenetic Analysis of Skeletal Mutants
7
Scaling Allometry and Skull Design
9
Segmentation the Adult Skull and the Problem of Homology
36
Diversity and Evolutionary Trends
69
Bibliography of Skull Development 193789
89
Patterns of Diversity in the Skull of Jawless Fishes
131
Ecomorphology of the Teleostean Skull
223
Patterns of Cranial Diversity among the Lissamphibia
255
VOLUME 3
342
Patterns of Diversity in the Reptilian Skull
344
Functional and Evolutionary Mechanisms
378
Patterns of Diversity in the Avian Skull
391
Patterns of Diversity in the Mammalian Skull
438
List of Contributors
547

Patterns of Diversity in the Skull of Jawed Fishes
189

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Strona 544 - The auditory bulla in some fossil mammals with a general introduction to this region of the skull.

Informacje o autorze (1993)

Brian K. Hall is University Research Professor at Dalhousie University and fellow of the Centre for Human Biology at the University of Western Australia and the editor of the three-volume series The Skull, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

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