Редакторы: Donald R Prothero Scott E Foss Artiodactyls are diverse and successful hoofed mammals, represented by nearly two hundred living species of pigs, peccaries, hippos, camels, deer, sheep, cattle, giraffes, and other even-toed ungulates In the recent years, a tremendous amount of research has been conducted on this important ожйхп order The Evolution of Artiodactyls synthesizes this research into a single, comprehensive volume Here Donald R Prothero, Scott E Foss, and a team of distinguished international experts explore a variety of topics, including molecular phylogeny of terrestrial artiodactyls phylogenetic relationships of cetaceans to terrestrial artiodactyls, and the earliest artiodactyls -- Diacodexidae, Dichobunidae, Homacodontidae, Leptochoeridae, and Raoellidae A landmark reference, The Evolution of Artiodactyls belongs in the library of every paleontologist, mammalogist, and evolutionary biologist Contributors: Jean-Renaud Boisserie, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Edward Byrd Davis, University of Oregon; Stephane Ducrocq, Universite de Poitiers; Jorg Erfurt, Martin-Luther-Universitat Halle-Wittenberg; Jonathan H Geisler, Georgia Southern University; Colin P Groves, Australian National University; John M Harris, George C Page Museum; James G Honey, University of Colorado, Boulder; Christine M Janis, Brown University; Fabrice Lihoreau, Universite de N'Djamena; Matthew R Liter, Occidental College; Liu Li-Ping, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, China; Joshua A Ludtke, San Diego State University; Jonathan D Marcot, University of Colorado Museum; Gregoire Metais, Carnegie Museum of Natural History; Gertrud E Rossner, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen; Nikos Solounias, American Museum of Natural History; James Bowie Stevens and Margaret Skeels Stevens, Lamar University; Jessica M Theodor, University of Calgary; Mark D Uhen, Cranbrook Institute of Science; Inessa Vislobokova, Russian Academy of Sciences 1 edition.  ДействиеИздательство: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007 г Твердый переплет, 384 стр ISBN 0801887356 Язык: Английский.