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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