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Evolution of Aquatic Tetrapods : Fourth triannual convention abstracts, Akron, Ohio, U.S.A., May 16-20, 2005 / edited by Mark D. Uhen

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Author:
Uhen, Mark D  Search this
Physical description:
85 p. ;: 28 cm
Type:
Congresses
Date:
2005
C2005
Contents:
Evolution of the carnivorous marine mammal feeding guild : a preliminary overview / Peter J. Adam -- Ages of the whale-bearing strata in the eocene of India : timing of the origin of whales / Sunil Bajpai and J.G.M. Thewissen -- Evolutionary patterns among the Otarioid pinnipeds (Mammalia; Carnivora) / Lawrence G. Barnes -- Middle Miocene marine ecosystems and Cetacean diversity as exemplified by the Sharktooth Hill bonebed, California, USA / Lawrence G. Barnes, Nicholas D. Pyenson and Samuel A. McLeod -- Dental microwear in aquatic vertebrates : constraints, opportunities and preliminary results for selected marine mammals / Brian Lee Beatty -- Phylogenetic relationships among the diverse toothed mysticete clade the aetiocetidae and reconsideration of the filter feeding niche / Anna lis Berta and Thomas A. Demere -- Phylogenetic implications of skull structure and feeding behaviour in Balaenopteridae (Cetacea, Mysticeti) / Virginie Bouetel -- Complexity in Delphinoid evolution / Emily a. Buchholtz and Elizabeth M. Wolkovich -- Histology of tooth attachment and tooth replacement patterns in Mosasaurs : what is thecodonty anyhow? / Michael W. Caldwell -- Middle ear anatomy in upper Cretaceous mosasaurs (Squamata) : from impedance matching to underwater hearing / Michael W. Caldwell, Alexander Dutchak and Takuya Konishi -- a return to the ancestral feeding mode in aquatic frogs / Carrie A. Carreno and Kiisa C. Nishikawa --
Stable isotope evidence of dietary diversification, specialization, and stasis within the Sirenia / Mark Clementz, Paul Koch, Daryl Domning, Lawrence Barnes and Brian Lee Beatty -- Getting legless : developmental mechanisms of vertebrate limb evolution / Martin J. Cohn -- Evolution of the Cetacean manus : patterns of reduction, hyperphalangy, and polydactyly / Lisa Cooper and Annalisa Berta -- Acoustic adaptations for deep diving in Odontocetes / Ted. W. Cranford, Megan F. McKenna, Bridgett Knowles and Annalisa Berta -- Palate vascularization in an Oligocene toothed mysticete (Cetacea; Mysticeti; Aetiocetidae) : implications for the evolution of baleen / Thomas A. Demere -- Evolution of the vomeronasal system in aquatic vertebrates / Heather Eisthen -- Dynamics of the aerial maneuvers of spinner dolphins : association of mechanics with extreme performance / Frank Fish, Anthony Nicastro and Daniel Weihs -- The myology of the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) : muscles of the fore and hind limb / Rebecca E. Fisher, Kathleen M. Scott and Virginia L. Naples -- Toothed mysticetes (Mammalia ; Cetacea) from the late Oligocene of Australia / Erich M.G. Fitzgerald -- Miocene ziphids (Cetacea ; Odontoceti) from the Chesapeake group of Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, U.S.A. / Anna J. Fuller and Stephen J. Godfrey -- Using simultaneous analyses of molecular and morphological data to resolve Delphinidan phylogeny / Jonathan H. Geisler and Jahn Gatesy --
Semicircular canal shape in terrestrial and aquatic non-synapsid vertebrates / Justin A. Georgi and Justin Sipla -- Sinkers not swimmers : the histological analysis of bone from early Cetacea and Tethytheria / Noel-Marie Gray and S.I. Madar -- A comparison between the hearing organs of the harp seal (Phoca groenlandica) and the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) using ultra-high resolution CT datasets / Johannes Harbering, Lars Kossatz, Michael Knauth, Christian Dullin, Christian Lydersen, Kit Kovacs and Helmut A. Oelschlager -- Evolutionary transformations of the ears of secondarily aquatic amphibians, reptiles, and birds / Thomas E. Hetherington -- Cephalic vascular anatomy of the Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) using high-resolution CT imaging and digital soft-tissue reconstruction / Casey Holliday, Ryan Ridgely, Lawrence Witmer and Amy Balanoff -- Mammalian teeth, developmental models and seals / Aapo T. Kangas and Jukka Jernvall -- Deopsitional environments of the Eocene whale-bearing strata of India : inferences about Paleocology / Vivesh V. Kapur -- An outline of the Cetotheres of Japan / Toshiyuki Kimura and Yoshikazu Hasegawa -- Closure and timing of closure of the foramen ovale in bearded, ringed & harp seals : an adaptation to diving? / Michael Knauth, Kit Kovacs, Stefan Ries, Mike O'Hammill and Christian Lydersen -- Evolution of special tooth replacements and displacements in the Demostylia as revealed by high-resolution X-ray CT / Naoki Kohno -- Ear morphology as a criterion for relationship among river dolphins : an investigation with computer tomography (CT) / Lars S. Kossatz, Martina Drieske, Thomas J. Vogl and Helmut A. Oelschlager --
Eye design and function in secondarily aquatic tetrapods / Ronald H.H. Kroger -- Solution of the Rorqual paradox and its evolutionary implications / Richard H. Lambertsen -- Morphological modeling and body mass estimation in Eocene cetaceans / Terry E. Lancanser -- Aquatic specialization in marsupials from the late Cretaceous of North America / Nick Longrich -- Significance of body proportions in the transition to dorsoventral undulatory modes of swimming in archaeocee whales / Amy Maas and S.I. Madar -- Toothed whale echolocation : signals, use and evolutionary scenarios / Peter T. Madsen -- Encephalization in Odontocetes : what's being aquatic got to do with it? / Lori Marino, Mark D. Uhen and Daniel W. McShea -- Comparative morphology of the forehead of Odontocetes : insights on the evolution of echolocation / Meghan F. McKenna, Ted W. Cranford and Annalisa Berta -- Hearing in aquatic mammals / Sirpa Nummela and J.G.M. Thewissen -- Evolutionary adaptations of sensory systems and the brain in toothed whales / Helmut A. Oelschlager, Lars SV Kossatz, Christian Fung, Clemens Poth, Stefan Huggenberger, Onur Gunturkun and Sam H. Ridgway -- Sine and MTDNA evidence for the phylogenetic position of Balaenoptera omurai / Norihiro Okada --
Straightening out the story of Odontocete skull asymmetry evolution / Joshua D. Olson, Kristin N. Jett and Peter J. Adam -- Cranial morphology of the olfactory organ in aquatic and semi-aquatic mammals / Henry Pihlstrom -- The potential of CT data for revealing details of the pterygoid sinus complex in extant and extinct Phocoenids / Rachel Racicot, Annalisa Berta, Thomas A. Demere and Ted Cranford -- The great cover-up : tracing the evolution of laryngeal protection in aquatic tetrapods / Joy S. Reidenberg and Jeffrey T. Laitman -- Visual pigments and retinal ganglion cells in terrestrial and aquatic tetrapods / Tom Reuter and Leo Peichl -- Development of the flippers and tail flukes in the Spotted dolphin / Michael K. Richardson, Oliver Beckmann, Irmgard Kirschenbauer and Helmut A Oelschlager -- Turning performance of aquatic freshwater turtles / Gabrial Rivera and Richard W. Blob -- Molecular characterization of rod and cone based vision in aquatic mammals / Phylils R. Robinson, Jeffry I. Fasick and Lucy A. Newman -- Comparative morphology of the epidural circulation in seals, dolphins, and manatees / Sentiel Rommel and alexander Costidis -- In vivo skull function in an aquatic tetrapod, Alligator mississippiensis / Callum F. Ross and Keith A. Metzger -- Mosasaur ascenting: the phylogeny of bends / Bruce M. Rothschild --
Connective-tissue fiber reinforcement in "paddle" of beaver tail (Castor canadensis) / Natalia Rybczynski, Ann Pabst and Bill McLellan -- Geometric morphometric analysis and comparison of skull shape in semi-aquatic rodents / Joshua X. Samuels -- The baleen of Mysticetes grows on the alveolar process of maxilla : comparative anatomy of the fetus of the minke whale / Hiroshi Sawamura, Hiroto Ichishima, Haruka Ito and Hajime Ishikawa -- The semicircular canal system and mammalian aquatic behaviour / Fred Spoor and J.G.M. Thewissen -- Digital library of dolphin development / J.G.M. Thewissen -- Hind limbs in Cetaceans : evolutin and development / J.G.M. Thewissen, M.J. Cohn, John Heyning, Sunlil Bajpai, L.S. Stevens and W.E. Horton Jr. -- The evolution of high encephalization in Odontocetes in relation to the origin of echolocation / Mark D. Uhen and Lori Marino -- Reinterpretation of the auditory structure in Desmostylus hesperus (Mammalia; Demostylia) : new evidence from the middle Miocene Tachikaraushinai formation, Hokkaido, Japan / Hikaru Uno -- The cephalic anatomy of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus), as revealed by virtual dissection with computed tomography (CT), diffrential-contrast dual-vascular injection and 3D visualization / Lawrence Witmer, Ryan Ridgely, Patrick O'Connor, Casey Holliday, Tobin Hieronymus, Joseph Daniel, Erin Rasmusson, Justin Tickhill and Andrew Clifford
Topic:
Marine animals--Adaptation  Search this
Marine animals--Evolution  Search this
Call number:
QL713.2 .E96 2005
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_785947