Contents
Paleonotological Journal
Vol. 39, Suppl. 4, 2005
The supplement is published only in English by MAIK Nauka / Interperiodica (Russia).
Paleontological Journal ISSN 0031-0301.
INTRODUCTION p. 393 abstract
CHAPTER 1. THE HISTORY OF THE STUDY OF THE EAST EUROPEAN GORGONOPIDAE p. 394
CHAPTER 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS p. 397
2.1. Material p. 397
2.2. Methods p. 403
CHAPTER 3. CRANIAL MORPHOLOGY OF GORGONOPIDAE p. 404
3.1. Neurocranium p. 405
3.1.a. Ossa occipitalia p. 405
3.1.b. Ossa otica p. 406
3.1.c. Ossa ethmoidea p. 411
3.2. Cranium viscerale p. 418
3.2.a. Ossa palatoquadrati p. 418
3.2.b. Ossicula auditus p. 427
3.2.c. Ossa mandibularia p. 428
3.3. Dentition p. 432
3.4. Sclerotic ossifications p. 434
3.5. Notes p. 434
CHAPTER 4. DEFINITION OF THE GORGONOPIDAE AND SYNDROMOGENESIS p. 445
CHAPTER 5. GORGONOPIANS IN TERRESTRIAL TETRAPOD COMMUNITIES p. 455
5.1. Evolution of Paleozoic Tetrapods from the Viewpoint of Biomorphic Analysis p. 456
5.2. Late Paleozoic Tetrapod Communities p. 461
5.2.a. Communities of Marine Coasts p. 463
5.2.b. Communities of Seaside Lowlands p. 466
5.2.c. Communities of Placket Plains p. 469
5.3. Degression of the First Polybiomorphic Communities and Extinction of Gorgonopia p. 472
5.4. Are There Any Descendants of Gorgodontia and What Are They? p. 475
CONCLUSIONS p. 477
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS p. 481
REFERENCES p. 481
FIGURES p. 486
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