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Aelurosaurus/Elinus 73, 74; ·Fig. 5.5 Alticonodon Lindoei 140 INDEX acanthodians I basicranium 119; Fig. 8.5 Adrover, R. 132 basioccipital 22, 25, 30 Aegialodon dawsoni 132,134,135,136; Fig. basisphenoid 30 9.1 Basutoland (Lesotho) 41,52 Aelurosaurus/elinus 73, 74; ·Fig. 5.5 Bathonian Stage 104 Africa I, II, 18, 19,21,23,24,25,27,39, Bauria 25; Fig. 2.4 40,72, Ill, 141 Bauriomorpha, bauriomorphs 25 Albian Stage 135 Beckles, S.H. 106, 108 alisphenoid 22, 23, 30, 54, 55, 56, 118 Beckles' Collection 106 Allen, P. 131 Beckles' Pit 106, 108 Allin, E.F. 84, 86, 93 Belesodon 37 alternation of tooth replacement 67, 71, 73 Beliajeva, E.!. 134 Alticonodon lindoei 140 Bettongia 120 America, North 10, 103, 108, 109, 135, 140, Bienotherium 41 141,142 birds, vii, 6, 140, 141 America, South I, 37, 72, 140, 141, 142 Bloemfontein 39 amnion 5; Fig. 1.3 Bolk, L. 77 amniotes 5, 6, 9, 10 Boonstra, L.D. 23, 27 amniotic fluid 5; Fig. 1.3 Branca, W. III Amphibia, amphibians I, 3, 5, 6, 7, II, Brancatherulum tendagurense III 74 braincase 14,27,28,29,30,31,39,41,53, Amphilestes broderipii 102, 103, 103n, 104, 54,55, 114, 118, 120 109, 114; Fig. 7.1 Brink A.S. 31, 32, 34, 35 Amphiodon 135 Broderip, W.J. 100, 102 Amphisbaenidae, amphisbaenids 93, 94 Brodie, P.B. 106 Amphitherium prevostii 101, 102, 103, 104, Broom, R. 27, 39, 40, 91 105, 125, 126; Fig. 7.1 Buckland, W. 100 Anacodon 72 Bug Creek, McCone County, Montana 140 anamniotes 5 Butler, P.M. 132 anapsid skull Fig. 1.6 Butler Farm, Wise County, Texas 136 angular 16,29, 34,64,98,99, 102, 116 Anomodontia, anomodonts 18, 19,22,23 Cambrian Period I Antarctica 141, 142 Campanian Stage 114 anterior lamina of petrosal 54, 55, 114, 118, canines 14, 16, 18,21,23,29,41,54,68,70, 119, 120 71,72,73,74,75,77,79,83,86,87,116, aortic arch 6 120,121 Apataelurus 72 captorhinomorphs 10, 68 apes 90 Captorhinus Fig. 1.5 Aploconodon 103, 103n Carboniferous Period 3,5, 10, 11, 12,89 apomorphic characters 39, 56 carnassial teeth 73, 79, 80, 83, 111, 124 Aptian Stage 134, 135 Carnivora 19,27 aqueductus cochleae 55 Carroll, R.L. 10, II Archosauria, archosaurs 89, 141 Cassiliano, M.L. 103n articular 16, 30, 32, 34, 48, 50, 57,63,87,91, Cave Sandstone Formation 39, 52 94,98,99, 102, I iI, 116 cavum epitericum 22,23,30,31,54 Asia 134, 135, 140, 141 Cetacea 97 Astroconodon 136 Chaiiares Formation 37 Atheria, atherians, atherian mammals 52, cheek-teeth (post-canines) 16,18,21,25,29, 55,56,57,58,59,60,61,64,87,98, 102, 32,38,40,41,45,50,59,70,71,72,73, 103, 109, 117 74, 75, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 102, Ill, auditory ossic1es 48, 50, 64, 93, 94, 98 120,126 Australasia 61 Chelonia, 5, 9 Australia I, 52, 141, 142 China 41, 52, III Australian Region 35 Chiniquodon 37 143 144 Index Chiniquodontidae, chiniquodonts 37, 39 Diapsida, diapsid reptiles, diapsids 89, 90, ChowM.111 93, 103 cingulum 61 diapsid skull Fig. 1.6 Cistecephalus Zone 21, 24, 27, 72 Diarthrognathus broomi 39 Clemens, W.A. 40, 103n, 106, 109, 124n, diastema 29,32,41,83,120,124 126, 132, 140 Dicynodontia, dicynodonts 19 Clepsydrops 10 Dietrich, W.O. III Cliff End, near Hastings, Sussex 131, 132, Dimetrodon 12, 14, 68, 70, 71, 91, 92, 93; 136 Fig. 1.7, Fig. 1.8, Fig. 1.9, Fig. 5.3 cochlea 55 Dimetrodon limbatus 71 coelacanths 1 Dinocephalia, dinocephalians 18, 19 Colbert, E.H. 22 dinosaurs 10, 35, 89, 140, 141 cold-blooded see poikilothermy Dipnoii, dipnoans 1 Como Bluff, Wyoming 108 distichial replacement 67, 71, 74 condyle (on dentary) 40, 48, 63, 87,100,103 Dixyea quadrata 21, 22; Fig. 2.1 coracoid 44 Dobinson, M.l. 104 coronoid 16,21,34, 102, 118 Docodon 115, 116; Fig. 8.6 coronoid process of dentary 21, 23, 32 Docodonta, docodonts 52, 58, 98, 104, 109, Cotylosauria, cotylosaurs 9, 18,68 111,115,116,117,124,132 Creodonta, creodonts 72 dolphins 97 Cretaceous Period vii, II, 14, 90, 114, 116, Dromatherium 40 118, 120, 125, 126, 131, 134, 135, 136, Dryolestidae, dryolestids 124, 125, 126, 132 137, 138, 140, 141, 142 Durdlestone Bay (Durlston Bay) 106, 108 Crocodilia, crocodiles 31, 89, 108 Durlston Bay see Durdlestone Bay Crompton, A.W. 37, 39, 40, 52, 59, 82, 84 Crossopterygii, crossopterigians I, 3 ear drum see tympanic membrane Crotalinae (pit-vipers) 32 ectopterygoid 21, 23, 25, 55 Crusafont (-Pairo), M. 132 Edaphosauria, edaphosaurs 12, 14 Ctenacodon 121; Fig. 8.10, Fig. 8.11 Edaphosaurus 14 Cuenca Province, Spain 132 Edmund, A.G. 71 cusps 25, 41, 57, 58, 61,116,120,121,123, Egypt, North Carolina 40 124, 125, 126, 137 endochondral pectoral girdle 10 cuspules 61 endolymph 91 Cuvier, G.L.C.F.D. 100 Endotherium niinomii 126, 135; Fig. 9.2 Cynodontia, cynodonts 19, 23, 25, 27, 28, entoconid 126 29, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 53, 55, Eocene 72,117,118,141,142 56,57,59, 79,82,85,86,87n,94,98, 102, Eosuchia 89 118 Eozostrodon 45,52, 59 Cynognathus 28, 53, 87, 87n, 98; Fig. 4.5, epiphyses vii, 44, 59 Fig. 4.6, Fig. 4.7, Fig. 4.8, Fig. 5.10 epipterygoid 16, 21, 22, 23, 25, 30, 39, 53, Cynognathus Zone 25 54, 56, 57 Erythrotherium 52, 59 Danville, lllinois 10 Estuarine Series 117 Dashzeveg, D. 134 ethmoid 21 dating, radiometric In Eupantotheria, eupantotheres Ill, 124, 125 Datta, P.M. 52 Europe 52, 108, 109, 135, 140, 141, 142 Dawson, C. 131 Eutheria, eutherian 18,30,31,102,118,126 Deccan, India 52 Eutriconodonta, eutriconodonts 109, Ill, dentaryvii, 14, 16,21,23,29,32,37,39,40, 114,115 41,43,44,48,50,51,54,57,63,66,71, external auditory meatus 93 82,85,86,87, 87n, 91, 94, 98, 99,100, extinctions at end of Cretaceous 140 102,103, Ill, 116, 117, 118 Devonian Period I, 3 Fairlight Cove, near Hastings, Sussex 131 Diadectes Fig. 1.5 fenestra ovalis 30, 43, 48 Diademodon 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, Fissipedia, fissipedes viii, 70, 79, 86, 97, III, 83,84; Fig. 2.5, Fig. 2.6, Fig. 2.7, Fig. 2.8, 141 Fig. 5.8 fissures 41, 102, 108, 109, 124 Diademodontidae 27 foramen magnum 22 Index 145 foramen ovale 55 incisors 16,21,41,54,70,71,73,74,75,79, foramen pseudorotundum 55 116, 120, 124 foramen pseudovale 55 incus vii, 29, 48, 50, 64, 98, 99, III foramen rotundum 55 India 52, 141 Ford, R. 132 Inotranscevia 19, 73 Forest Marble Formation 104, 116, 117 inferior dental nerve 32 Fourie, S. 40, 41, 83 insectivora, insectivores 97, 1l7, 137 Fox, R.C. 134, 135 intercostal muscles 34 Freeman, E.F. 104 internal mandibular groove 32, 118 Fremont County, Colorado 109 Istiophorous 14 frontal 21 Jenkins, F.A. 35, 52 Galve, Teruel Province, Spain 132 Jerison, H.J. 90 gasserian ganglion see semilunar ganglion Joggins Reef, Nova Scotia 10, 11 geckos 95 jugal 9, 14,21,29, 114, 118 Gibert, J. 132 Jurassic Period 39, 40, 41,44,48,50,52,59, gills 1 60,89,96,97,98, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, glenoid (on squamosal) 37, 48,87 106, 108, 109, Ill, 114, 116, 117, 118, glenoid (pectoral girdle) 44, 59 120, 121, 123, 124, 125, 126, 131, 132, gnathostomes vii 135, 138 Gold Springs, Arizona 52 Gomphognathus see Diademodon Kamptobaatar 118; Fig. 8.8 Gondwanaland 141,142 Karroo 18,27 Goodrich, E.S. 6, 7, 9 Kayenta Formation 52 Gorgonopsia, gorgonopsids 19, 21, 22, 23, Kermack, D.M. 40, 59 24, 25, 27, 39, 56, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, Kermack, K.A., 39, 44, 52, 55, 67, 77, 79, 79, 82 82,85,93,94,114,117,132,135 Gow, C.E. 39,40 Kermackia texana 136; Fig. 9.3 Guimarota, Portugal 109, 116, 117, 118, Khovboor, Outer Mongolia 134 120,121 Kielan-Jaworowska, Zofia 55, 118, 120, 124n, 140 Kielantherium gobiensis 134, 135 hag-fish 1 Kimmeridgian Stage 109, 117 Hahn, G. 45, 117, 120, 121 Knollenmergel 44 Halberstat 44 Kota Formation 52 Haldanodon 116; Fig. 8.7 Kotatherium haldani 52 Hallau, Canton Schaffhausen 40, 44 Krebs, B. 109, 132 Haramiyidae, haramiyids 37,44,45,52, 117 Kuehneodon 120; Fig. 8.9, Fig. 8.10 Hastings, Sussex 131 Kuehneotherium 58, 59, 61, 87, 93,102,103, Henkel, S. 109, 132 104, 124, 125, 126; Fig. 4.10, Fig. 4.11, Hennigian 'sister groups' 57 Fig. 4.13 Hoepen, E.N.C. van 39 kuehneotheriids 52, 58n Holoclemensia texana 136, 137; Fig. 9.4 Kuhne, W.G. 40, 41, 43, 44, 52, 59, 109, Holwell, Somerset 44, 45 116, 132 homing in vertebrates 96, 97 homiothermy vii, viii, 35 Labyrinthodontia, labyrinthodonts 7 Hopson, J .A. 83 lacrimal 114, 118 • Huene, Erika von 40 Ladybrand, Orange Free State 39 Huene, F. von 37 Lagomorpha, lagomorphs 120 humerus 59 lampreys 1 Husin Coal-field, Manchuria 135 lateral temporal fossa (fenestra, vacuity) 9, hypoconid 126 14,21,41 hypoconulid 61 Latimeria 1 hypoglossal (XII) cranial nerve 31 Laurasia 109 Lees, Patricia M. viii, 131, 132 Ichythostegalia, ichyothstegids 3 Leiria, Spain 109 Ictidosaur A and B 39 Lepidosauria, lepidosaurs 89, 95 Ictidosauria, ictidosaurs 37,39,40 Lesotho see Basutoland 146 Index Liassic 52 103, 104, 109, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119, Lilligraven, J .A.
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