Contents
Paleonotological Journal

Vol. 36, Suppl. 5, 2002

The supplement is published only in English by MAIK “Nauka / Interperiodica” (Russia).
Paleontological Journal ISSN 0031-0301.

Archaeomeryx (Archaeomerycidae, Ruminantia): Morphology, Ecology, and Role in the Evolution of the Artiodactyla
I. A. Vislobokova and B. A. Trofimov

INTRODUCTION p. 429  abstract

CHAPTER 1 p. 431

THE HISTORY OF STUDYING ARCHAEOMERYX AND THE MAIN PROBLEMS
OF PHYLOGENY OF THE ARTIODACTYLA p. 431

CHAPTER 2 p. 438

TAXONOMIC REVIEW OF THE ARCHAEOMERYCIDAE p. 438

CHAPTER 3 p. 441

OSTEOLOGY AND ODONTOLOGY OF ARCHAEOMERYX p. 441

SKULL p. 441

CRANIAL BONES p. 448

FACIAL BONES p. 455

DENTITION p. 461

DIASTEMATA p. 465

ENAMEL ULTRASTRUCTURE p. 465

VERTEBRAL COLUMN p. 466

RIBS p. 472

FORELIMB BONES p. 472

HIND LIMB BONES p. 483

CHAPTER 4 p. 494

MORPHOFUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND RECONSTRUCTION
OF THE MODE OF LIFE OF ARCHAEOMERYX p. 494

MORPHOFUNCTIONAL FEATURES OF SKULL AND POSTCRANIAL SKELETON p. 494

RECONSTRUCTION OF APPEARANCE AND MODE OF LIFE p. 504

CHAPTER 5 p. 506

THE ROLE OF ARCHAEOMERYX IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE ARTIODACTYLA p. 506

ARCHAEOMERYX AND EARLY EUTHERIANS p. 506

ARCHAEOMERYX AND EARLY UNGULATES p. 508

ARCHAEOMERYX AND DICHOBUNOIDS p. 509

THE MAIN TRENDS AND PATTERNS OF RUMINANT EVOLUTION p. 512

CONCLUSIONS p. 519

SUMMARY p. 520

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS p. 520

REFERENCES p. 521

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