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Evolution Herbivory in Vertebrates: Perspectives from the Fossil Record
Author(s): Hans-Dieter Sues (Author)
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date: 21 Aug. 2008
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 268 pages
- ISBN-10: 0521021197
- ISBN-13: 9780521021197
Book Description
Although herbivory probably first appeared over 300 million years ago, it only became established as a common feeding strategy during Late Permian times. Subsequently, herbivory evolved in numerous lineages of terrestrial vertebrates, and the acquisition of this mode of feeding was frequently associated with considerable evolutionary diversification in those lineages. This book, originally published in 2000, represented the first comprehensive overview of the evolution of herbivory in land-dwelling amniote tetrapods in recent years. In Evolution of Herbivory in Terrestrial Vertebrates leading experts review the structural adaptations for, and the evolutionary history of, feeding on plants in the major groups of land-dwelling vertebrates, especially dinosaurs and ungulate mammals. As such it will be the definitive reference source on this topic for evolutionary biologists and vertebrate paleontologists alike.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘The chapters are elegant, well presented and well illustrated, and the authors, the editor and the publishers are to be congratulated.’ Michael J. Benton, Trends in Ecology and Evolution
‘… nicely produced, and yields many provocative papers that are of interest to anyone who has thought about terrestrial paleoecology.’ Donald R. Prothero, PRISCUM
Book Description
This book, first published in 2000, was the first comprehensive overview of how herbivory evolved in terrestrial vertebrates using perspective from fossil record.
