The Origin of Higher
Clades
Osteology, Myology, Phylogeny and Evolution of Bony Fishes and the Rise of Tetrapods
Rui Diogo: Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University,
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN 978-1-57808-530-9; March 2008; 388 pages incl. 7 color plates, pb; US $ 59.95
ABOUT THE BOOK
The book provides insight on the osteology, myology, phylogeny and evolution
of Osteichthyes. It not only provides an extensive cladistic analysis of osteichthyan
higher-level inter-relationships based on a phylogenetic comparison of 356 characters
in 80 extant and fossil terminal taxa representing all major groups of Osteichthyes,
but also analyses various terminal taxa and osteological characters. And also
provides a general discussion on issues such as the comparative anatomy, homologies
and evolution of osteichthyan cranial and pectoral muscles, the development
of zebrafish cephalic muscles and the implications for evolutionary developmental
studies, the origin homologies and evolution of one of the most peculiar and
enigmatic structural complexes of osteichthyans, the Weberian apparatus, and
the use of myological versus osteological characters in phylogenetic reconstructions.
The work may stimulate, and pave the way for, future studies on the comparative
anatomy, functional morphology, phylogeny and evolution of osteichthyans and
of vertebrates in general.
CONTENTS
- Introduction and Aims
- Methodology and Material
- Phylogenetic Analysis Cladistic Analysis, Diagnosis for Clades Obtained,
and Comparison with Previous Hypotheses
- Comparative Anatomy, Higher-Level Phylogeny and Macroevolution of Osteichthyans-
A Discussion Brief Summary of the Phylogenetic Results Obtained in the Cladistic
Analysis; Comparative Anatomy, Homologies, and Evolution of Osteichthyan
Cranial Muscles; Cranial Muscles, Zebrafish, and Evolutionary Developmental
Biology; Comparative Anatomy, Homologies and Evolution of Osteichthyan
Pectoral Muscles; Origin, Homologies and Evolution of the Weberian Apparatus;
Myological versus Osteological Characters in Phylogenetic Reconstructions:
A New Insight
- References
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