Forerunners of Mammals: Radiation • Histology • Biology

Contents

C Contents ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii List of Contributors 1 The Origin and Radiation of Therapsids 3 Tom S. Kemp 2 Therapsid Biodiversity Patterns and Paleoenvironments of the Karoo Basin, South Africa 31 Roger Smith, Bruce Rubidge, and Merrill van der Walt 3 The Microstructure of Bones and Teeth of Nonmammalian Therapsids 65 Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan 4 The Paleobiology and Bone Microstructure of Pelycosaurian-Grade Synapsids 91 Adam K. Huttenlocker and Elizabeth Rega 5 Dicynodont Growth Dynamics and Lifestyle Adaptations 121 Sanghamitra Ray, Jennifer Botha-Brink, and Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan 6 Biological Inferences of the Cranial Microstructure of the Dicynodonts Oudenodon and Lystrosaurus 149 Sandra C. Jasinoski and Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan 7 Bone and Dental Histology of Late Triassic Dicynodonts from North America 179 Jeremy L. Green 8 Bone Histology of Some Therocephalians and Gorgonopsians, and Evidence of Bone Degradation by Fungi 199 Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan and Sanghamitra Ray 9 The Radiation and Osteohistology of Nonmammaliaform Cynodonts 223 Jennifer Botha-Brink, Fernando Abdala, and Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan 10 The Radiation, Bone Histology, and Biology of Early Mammals 249 Jørn H. Hurum and Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan 11 The Evolution of Mammalian Endothermy 273 John A. Ruben, Willem J. Hillenius, Tom S. Kemp, and Devon E. Quick 289 References 321 Index ...