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Biology
Paleontology
Vertebrate Paleontology
1. Foundations of Vertebrate Paleontology
2. The Fossil Record and Geological Time
3. Field and Laboratory Methods
4. Vertebrate Anatomy and Systematics
5. Early Vertebrate Evolution
6. Gnathostome Origins and Early Jawed Fishes
7. Osteichthyan Diversification
8. The Water-to-Land Transition
9. Amphibian Evolution
10. Amniote Origins and Early Evolution
11. Synapsid Evolution and Mammalian Origins
12. Sauropsid Radiation
13. Mesozoic Marine Reptiles
14. Lepidosauromorph Evolution
15. Archosauromorph Dominance
16. Crocodylomorph Evolution
17. Pterosaur Evolution and Flight
18. Dinosaur Origins and Early Evolution
19. Sauropodomorph Evolution
20. Theropod Evolution and Diversity
21. Ornithischian Diversity
22. Avian Origins and Early Evolution
23. Cenozoic Mammalian Radiation
24. Primate and Human Evolution
25. Macroevolutionary Patterns and Processes
11.
Synapsid Evolution and Mammalian Origins
11.1.
Early Synapsid Radiation
11.1.1.
Pelycosaur Grade
11.1.1.1.
Ophiacodontidae
11.1.1.2.
Edaphosauridae
11.1.1.3.
Sphenacodontidae
11.1.1.4.
Varanopidae
11.1.2.
Therapsid Emergence
11.1.2.1.
Biarmosuchians
11.1.2.2.
Dinocephalians
11.1.2.3.
Anomodonts
11.1.2.4.
Theriodonts
11.2.
Therapsid Diversification
11.2.1.
Dinocephalia
11.2.1.1.
Titanosuchians
11.2.1.2.
Tapinocephalians
11.2.1.3.
Estemmenosuchians
11.2.2.
Anomodontia
11.2.2.1.
Venyukovioidea
11.2.2.2.
Dromasauria
11.2.2.3.
Dicynodontia
11.2.3.
Theriodontia
11.2.3.1.
Gorgonopsia
11.2.3.2.
Therocephalia
11.2.3.3.
Cynodontia
11.3.
Cynodont Evolution
11.3.1.
Basal Cynodonts
11.3.1.1.
Procynosuchidae
11.3.1.2.
Thrinaxodontidae
11.3.2.
Eucynodontia
11.3.2.1.
Cynognathidae
11.3.2.2.
Traversodontidae
11.3.2.3.
Chiniquodontidae
11.3.3.
Mammaliamorpha
11.3.3.1.
Tritylodontidae
11.3.3.2.
Mammaliaformes
11.4.
Mammalian Characteristics
11.4.1.
Cranial Features
11.4.1.1.
Secondary Palate
11.4.1.2.
Differentiated Dentition
11.4.1.3.
Jaw Joint Modifications
11.4.2.
Postcranial Features
11.4.2.1.
Limb Posture Changes
11.4.2.2.
Vertebral Differentiation
11.4.3.
Physiological Innovations
11.4.3.1.
Endothermy
11.4.3.2.
Hair Evolution
11.4.3.3.
Lactation
11.5.
Early Mammaliaformes
11.5.1.
Sinoconodon
11.5.2.
Morganucodon
11.5.3.
Megazostrodon
11.5.4.
Hadrocodium
11.6.
Mesozoic Mammal Diversity
11.6.1.
Multituberculata
11.6.2.
Symmetrodonta
11.6.3.
Eupantotheria
11.6.4.
Metatheria
11.6.5.
Eutheria
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