Handbook of Paleoherpetology – Pfeil Verlag

HPH 3A1 • Basal Tetrapoda

Markus Pfeil — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 12:46:36 +0000

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HPH 3A2 • Temnospondyli I

Michael Deinhardt — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 13:40:24 +0000

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HPH 8 • Ichthyopterygia (E-Book)

Michael Deinhardt — Sun, 10 Aug 2003 13:40:04 +0000

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HPH 12A • Sauropterygia I.

Michael Deinhardt — Thu, 10 Aug 2000 13:40:02 +0000

According to the original concept of this Handbuch series, the Sauropterygia were supposed to be treated in a single volume, Part 12. However, the increase of new fossil material and intensive research has led to a wealth of published data during the last decades. As a consequence, the Sauropterygia as a whole had to be split into two parts for the Handbuch purposes, resulting in Part 12A dealing with the Triassic Nothosauria, and Part 12B dealing with the post-Triassic Plesiosauria. Now, the organization of the two volumes will follow the new concept of Rieppel, understanding the Sauropterygia as a clade divided into stem-group Sauropterygia from the Triassic, comprising Placodontia and Eosauropterygia (sensu RIEPPEL) combined in this volume, Part 12A, Sauropterygia I. Placodontia, Pachypleurosauria, Nothosauroidea, Pistosauroidea, and into crown-group Sauropterygia from the Jurassic and Cretaceous, Part 12B, in preparation, comprising plesiosaurs, pliosaurs and elasmosaurs. In addition, inclusion of the Placodontia in this volume has the advantage of presenting an updated revision of this group as a whole not only in the context of this Handbuch series, but also in general.

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HPH 3B • Stereospondyli

Michael Deinhardt — Thu, 10 Aug 2000 13:40:01 +0000

The Order Temnospondyli (excluding the baphetids and colosteids) can be readily defined as a group of monophyletic origin, although it is, surely paraphyletic with respect to the extant amphibians and therefore becomes a series of plesions forming the stem-group of the Lissamphibia. The Temnospondyli is a neglected group. The family-level classification of temnospondyls has remained relatively stable and in the work presented here, we have been able to retain most previously used family units as valid clades with only the occasional need to ‘split’ or ‘lump’. In constructing a hierarchical classification of temnospondyls, we have had to introduce a few new taxonomic units above family level, quite different from those in previous classifications. Because the systematic sections necessarily cover 160 genera and more than 300 species, we have kept the general osteological sections compact in the interest of saving space. Most of the families and genera reviewed here are diagnosed on the basis of cranial characters. We have attempted to include all named genera and species in the synonymies but have not listed erroneous spellings. Where there are clear comparative diagnoses of two or more species within a genus, these diagnoses have been included. We regard the taxonomic sections as the most important parts of this handbook, but nevertheless have put much effort on both morphology and phylogeny, which had long been neglected in major stereospondyl groups. The cladograms we present at the end of each section are provided to make the systematic relationships clearer.

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HPH 1 • Lepospondyli

Michael Deinhardt — Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:39:51 +0000

This volume includes descriptions of a number of amphibian groups commonly referred to as lepospondyls. Three groups, now considered as orders, have long been included among the lepospondyls: the microsaurs, the nectrideans, and the aïstopods. Two clearly distinct families, the Lysorophidae and Adelogyrinidae, have been associated with the microsaurs or treated as separate groups within the lepospondyls. They are here placed in separate orders. The lepospondyls encompass a wide variety of small animals that differentiated near the base of the Lower Carboniferous and persisted for at least 75 million years, to the end of the Lower Permian. Together they show more anatomical diversity than do all the living amphibian orders. Despite the many autapomorphies of the individual groups, recent phylogenetic analysis does support a common ancestry of the lepospondyl orders.

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HPH 4 • Salientia

Michael Deinhardt — Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:39:51 +0000

This book, unlike the other volumes in this series, deals mainly with the fossil members of extant evolutionary lineages. The primary goal of this monograph is to complement the amphibian world biodiversity inventory, incorporating extinct species in an unified systematic arrangement, and providing chronological and geographical dimensions for both the extinct and living groups. Diagnoses in the taxonomic sections are of the descriptive type, including both shared primitive and derived states. The implications of the known fossil record for the current phylogenetic and evolutionary models are also briefly discussed in a separate section. A paleofaunistic section provides for each fossil locality its age, fauna, and a selection of references dealing with the site or interpretations of its taxa.

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HPH 17B/1 • Theriodontia I

Michael Deinhardt — Thu, 10 Aug 1989 15:51:26 +0000

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HPH 17C • Anomodontia

Michael Deinhardt — Wed, 10 Aug 1988 15:51:26 +0000

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HPH 17A • Pelycosauria

Michael Deinhardt — Sun, 10 Aug 1986 15:51:25 +0000

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