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" The emergence of whales : "
edited by J.G.M. Thewissen.
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BL
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721574
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edited by J.G.M. Thewissen.
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The emergence of whales : : evolutionary patterns in the origin of Cetacea\ edited by J.G.M. Thewissen.
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New York: Springer Science Business Media, LLC, ©1998.
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Advances in vertebrate paleobiology.
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xii, 477 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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0306458535
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: 1489901590
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: 1489901612
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: 9780306458538
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: 9781489901590
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: 9781489901613
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| Notes
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OIriginally published: New York : Plenum Press; 1998.
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| Contents
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Synopsis of the earliest cetaceans : Pakicetidae, Ambulocetidae, Remingtonocetidae, and Protocetidae / Ellen M. Williams --;Middle to Late Eocene basilosaurines and dorudontines / Mark D. Uhen --;Molecular evidence for the phylogenetic affinities of Cetacea / John Gatesy --;Cetaceans are highly derived artiodactyls / Michel C. Milinkovitch, Martine Bérubé, and Per J. Palsbøll --;Phylogenetic and morphometric reassessment of the dental evidence for a mesonychian and cetacean clade / Maureen A. O'Leary --;Relationships of Cetacea to terrestrial ungulates and the evolution of cranial vasculature in Cete / Jonathan H. Geisler and Zhexi Luo --;Middle Eocene cetaceans from the Harudi and Subathu Formations of India / Sunil Bajpai and J.G.M. Thewissen --;Postcranial osteology of the North American Middle Eocene protocetid Georgiacetus / Richard C. Hulbert, Jr. --;Homology and transformation of cetacean ectotympanic structures / Zhexi Luo --;Biomechanical perspective on the origin of cetacean flukes / Frank E. Fish --;Implications of vertebral morphology for locomotor evolution in early Cetacea / Emily A. Buchholtz --;Structural adaptations of early archaeocete long bones / Sandra I. Madar --;Evolution of thermoregulatory function in cetacean reproductive systems / D. Ann Pabst, Sentiel A. Rommel, and William A. McLellan --;Isotopic approaches to understanding the terrestrial-to-marine transition of the earliest cetaceans / Lois J. Roe [and others] --;Paleobiological perspectives on Mesonychia, Archaeoceti, and the origin of whales / Philip D. Gingerich --;Cetacean origins : evolutionary turmoil during the invasion of the oceans / J.G.M. Thewissen.
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Cetacea -- Evolution.
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Cetacea, Fossil.
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QL737.C4E358 1998
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J G M Thewissen
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