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Skull Morphology of Lambdopsalis bulla (Mammalia, Multituberculata) and its implications to mammalian evolution


Series: Contributions to Geology, Special Paper No. 4

Year: 1988

Author: Miao Desui

Pages: 104

Description: Multituberculates are an extinct mammalian order that lived in Mesozoic and early Cenozoic eras. Lambdopsalis, a Paleocene multituberculate recovered in China, preserves cranial remains that allow in this study: (1) a description of its skull morphology; (2) a reconstruction of its nonfossilized structures such as the cranial nerve system and major cranial vasculature; (3) an analysis of functional adaptation of its auditory system; and (4) an interpretation of phylogenic relationships within multituberculates themselves and among other major mammalian groups.

ISBN: 0-941570-09-6
EISBN: 978-0-9897626-3-2

Price: 
$15.00