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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