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E-raamat: Cetacean Paleobiology [Wiley Online]

(University of Otago), (George Mason University), (Muséum National dHistoire Naturelle)
  • Formaat: 336 pages
  • Sari: TOPA Topics in Paleobiology
  • Ilmumisaeg: 27-May-2016
  • Kirjastus: Wiley-Blackwell
  • ISBN-10: 1118561546
  • ISBN-13: 9781118561546
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  • Formaat: 336 pages
  • Sari: TOPA Topics in Paleobiology
  • Ilmumisaeg: 27-May-2016
  • Kirjastus: Wiley-Blackwell
  • ISBN-10: 1118561546
  • ISBN-13: 9781118561546
Teised raamatud teemal:
Cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) have fascinated and bewildered humans throughout history. Their mammalian affinities have been long recognized, but exactly which group of terrestrial mammals they descend from has, until recently, remained in the dark. Recent decades have produced a flurry of new fossil cetaceans, extending their fossil history to over 50 million years ago. Along with new insights from genetics and developmental studies, these discoveries have helped to clarify the place of cetaceans among mammals, and enriched our understanding of their unique adaptations for feeding, locomotion and sensory systems. Their continuously improving fossil record and successive transformation into highly specialized marine mammals have made cetaceans a textbook case of evolution - as iconic in its own way as the origin of birds from dinosaurs. This book aims to summarize our current understanding of cetacean evolution for the serious student and interested amateur using photographs, drawings, charts and illustrations.
Series Editor's Preface vii
Preface viii
Acknowledgments x
1 Cetaceans, Past and Present 1(18)
1.1 Introduction and scope of the book
1(1)
1.2 What is a whale?
2(1)
1.3 Diversity, distribution, and ecology of modern cetaceans
3(2)
1.4 How to study extinct cetaceans
5(8)
1.4.1 Comparative and functional anatomy
5(1)
1.4.2 Evolutionary relationships
6(3)
1.4.3 Habitat and feeding preferences
9(2)
1.4.4 Macroevolutionary dynamics
11(2)
1.4.5 Other methodologies
13(1)
1.5 Suggested readings
13(1)
References
13(6)
2 Cetacean Fossil Record 19(25)
2.1 A history of exploration
19(4)
2.2 Strengths and weaknesses of the cetacean fossil record
23(5)
2.2.1 Preservation potential
23(1)
2.2.2 Biases affecting fossil recovery
24(3)
2.2.3 Outlook
27(1)
2.3 Major fossil localities
28(7)
2.3.1 Tethys
28(2)
2.3.2 North Atlantic
30(2)
2.3.3 South Atlantic
32(1)
2.3.4 North Pacific
32(1)
2.3.5 South Pacific
33(2)
2.3.6 Dredge sites: South Africa and Iberia
35(1)
2.4 Suggested Readings
35(1)
References
35(9)
3 Morphology 44(51)
3.1 Overview
44(2)
3.2 The skull
46(22)
3.2.1 Rostrum and central facial region
46(4)
3.2.2 Forehead, skull vertex, and posterior cranium
50(4)
3.2.3 Temporal fossa and basicranium
54(2)
3.2.4 Periotic
56(7)
3.2.5 Tympanic bulls
63(1)
3.2.6 Auditory ossicles
64(1)
3.2.7 Dentition
65(1)
3.2.8 Mandible
66(1)
3.2.9 Hyoid apparatus
67(1)
3.3 The postcranial skeleton
68(6)
3.3.1 Vertebral column and rib cage
68(2)
3.3.2 Forelimb
70(3)
3.3.3 Hind limb
73(1)
3.4 Osteological correlates of soft tissue anatomy
74(13)
3.4.1 Musculature
74(5)
3.4.2 Baleen
79(1)
3.4.3 Air sinus system, air sacs and fat pads
79(1)
3.4.4 Brain anatomy and cranial nerves
80(4)
3.4.5 Sensory organs
84(2)
3.4.6 Flukes
86(1)
3.5 Suggested readings
87(1)
References
87(8)
4 Phylogeny and Taxonomy 95(62)
4.1 Cetacean origins
95(2)
4.2 The earliest whales: archaeocetes
97(5)
4.2.1 Pakicetids, ambulocetids, and remingtonocetids
97(2)
4.2.2 Protocetidae and basal Pelagiceti
99(3)
4.3 Filter-feeding whales: Mysticeti
102(12)
4.3.1 Toothed mysticetes
103(3)
4.3.2 Toothless mysticetes
106(8)
4.4 Echolocating whales: Odontoceti
114(27)
4.4.1 Stem odontocetes
115(4)
4.4.2 Potential crown odontocetes
119(3)
4.4.3 Basal crown odontocetes
122(8)
4.4.4 Delphinida
130(6)
4.4.5 Crown Delphinoidea
136(5)
4.5 Consensus, conflicts, and diversification dates
141(4)
4.5.1 High-level conflicts and possible solutions
141(1)
4.5.2 Divergence dates
142(3)
4.6 Suggested readings
145(1)
References
145(12)
5 Major Steps in the Evolution of Cetaceans 157(41)
5.1 From land to sea: the last steps
157(14)
5.1.1 Initial forays into the water
157(5)
5.1.2 Transition to marine environments
162(7)
5.1.3 Divorce from land
169(2)
5.2 Key innovations: baleen and echolocation
171(5)
5.2.1 Baleen
171(3)
5.2.2 Echolocation
174(2)
5.3 Invasion of freshwater habitats
176(4)
5.4 Key fossils
180(9)
5.4.1 Archaeocetes
180(3)
5.4.2 Mysticeti
183(3)
5.4.3 Odontoceti
186(3)
5.5 Suggested readings
189(1)
References
189(9)
6 Fossil Evidence of Cetacean Biology 198(41)
6.1 Feeding strategies
198(19)
6.1.1 Archaeocetes
198(5)
6.1.2 Mysticeti
203(8)
6.1.3 Odontoceti
211(6)
6.2 Cetaceans as a source of food
217(3)
6.2.1 Active predation
217(1)
6.2.2 Whale falls
218(2)
6.3 Reproduction
220(2)
6.4 Migration
222(1)
6.5 Sexual dimorphism
222(3)
6.6 Diving
225(2)
6.7 Ontogenetic age
227(1)
6.8 Suggested readings
228(1)
References
229(10)
7 Macroevolutionary Patterns 239(38)
7.1 Patterns in cetacean diversity: radiations and extinctions
239(7)
7.1.1 Paleogene
240(2)
7.1.2 Neogene
242(4)
7.2 Major turnover events
246(5)
7.2.1 Archaeocetes to neocetes
247(2)
7.2.2 Decline of toothed mysticetes
249(1)
7.2.3 Delphinoids and platanistoids—ships passing in the night?
249(1)
7.2.4 Establishment of the modern fauna
250(1)
7.3 Disparity and evolutionary rates
251(1)
7.4 Body size
251(6)
7.5 Brain size
257(3)
7.5.1 Trends
257(2)
7.5.2 Potential causes
259(1)
7.6 Paleobiogeography
260(4)
7.6.1 Initial dispersal from land
261(1)
7.6.2 Neoceti
261(3)
7.7 Convergent evolution
264(4)
7.8 Suggested readings
268(1)
References
269(8)
8 Paleontological Insights into Evolution and Development 277(25)
8.1 Limb morphology and development
277(7)
8.1.1 Forelimb
277(4)
8.1.2 Hind limb
281(3)
8.2 Regionalization of the vertebral column
284(2)
8.3 The origins of homodonty, polydonty, and monophyodonty
286(5)
8.3.1 Archaeocetes
286(2)
8.3.2 Neoceti
288(3)
8.4 Heterochrony: aged youngsters, juvenile adults
291(5)
8.5 Suggested readings
296(1)
References
296(6)
9 Living Cetaceans in an Evolutionary Context 302(5)
9.1 A modern view of cetacean evolution
302(2)
9.2 Cetacea—quo vadis?
304(1)
References
304(3)
Index 307
Felix G. Marx is Curator Vertebrates at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, where he primarily looks after the marine mammal collection. Prior to becoming a curator, he spent several years as a postdoctoral fellow in Australia, Belgium and Japan. He specialises in the evolution of baleen whales, but has worked on a broad variety of topics, from macroevolution to feeding ecology, biogeography, and behaviour.

Dr Olivier Lambert is a vertebrate palaeontologist at the Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Brussels. Interested in the secondary adaptations of mammals to the marine environment, Dr Lambert studies fossil cetaceans from many geological ages and localities in the world. Most of his publications focus on extinct echolocating toothed whales, especially from the North Atlantic and South-East Pacific realms.

Dr Mark D. Uhen is an Assistant Professor of Geology at George Mason University. Dr Uhens research focuses on the origin and evolution of cetaceans (whales and dolphins), and other marine mammals. He has conducted field work around the world, developed exhibits and lessons on cetacean evolution for museums, and published on his work in journals, and books. Dr Uhen is also a leader of the Paleobiology Database, an on-line open resource that documents every fossil occurrence on the planet.