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The Origin and Evolution of Mammals - Moodle

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Index<br />

Note: Page numbers in italics denote illustration<br />

Abderites 205<br />

Abderitidae 206<br />

Abdounodus 236<br />

Acanthostega 14, 15<br />

Acrobatidae 216<br />

Adapiformes 269, 271<br />

Adelobasileus 138–40, 184<br />

Aegialodon 167, 169<br />

Aegialodontidae 167, 169<br />

Aegyptopithecus 272<br />

Aepyornis 289<br />

aerobic capacity hypothesis 125–6<br />

Aerosaurus 21, 22<br />

Afrosoricida 257, 259<br />

Afrotheria 224, 226, 238, 251–9, 275,<br />

277, 279<br />

cladogram 252<br />

Allotheria 181<br />

Allqokirus 203<br />

Alphadon 196, 197<br />

marshi 189<br />

Ambondro 178, 180<br />

dentition 179<br />

Ambulocetus 265, 266<br />

Ameridelphia 194, 198–208<br />

Amniotes 3, 16, 17<br />

evolution 18–9<br />

feeding mechanism 90<br />

skull 18<br />

stem-group 16, 18<br />

Amniotic egg 19<br />

Amphibians 19<br />

Amphilestes 150, 152<br />

Amphilestidae 152<br />

Amphitherium 167, 178<br />

dentition 168<br />

Anagale 232<br />

Anagalida 231<br />

Ancestral amniote grade<br />

feeding mechanism 90<br />

locomotion 101<br />

Andinodelphys 199, 203, 220<br />

Andrewsarchus 235, 236<br />

Ankotarinja 211, 212<br />

Anningia 22<br />

Anomaluridae 274<br />

Anomocephalus 40, 41, 79, 80<br />

Anomodontia 28, 35, 39–43<br />

cranial characteristics 39<br />

Antarctodolops 204, 206<br />

Anteosaurus 37<br />

skull 35, 36<br />

Anthracotheriids 264<br />

Anthracobunids 253<br />

Anthropoidea 271–2<br />

Antilocapra 264<br />

Antilocapridae 264<br />

Apatemyida 232<br />

Apidium 271<br />

Aquiladelphis 198<br />

Archaeocetes 265<br />

Archaeolambda 240<br />

Archaeonycteris 268<br />

Archaeopteropus 268<br />

Archeothyris 3, 16, 17, 18, 22–3<br />

Archonta 222<br />

Arctocyon 234, 235<br />

Arctocyonidae 234, 236<br />

Arctostylopida 242<br />

Argyrolagoidea 206<br />

Argyrolagus 207<br />

Arsinoitherium 254, 257<br />

Artiocetus 265, 266<br />

Artiodactyls 262–4, 265, 267<br />

phylogeny 263<br />

Arctognathus 53<br />

Asfaltomylos 179, 180<br />

Asiatherium 171, 172<br />

Asioryctes 171, 227, 228<br />

Asioryctida 228–9<br />

Astrapotheria 245<br />

Astrapotherium 243, 244, 245<br />

Atokatheridium 174<br />

Aulacephalodon 46, 49<br />

Ausktribosphenos 171, 178, 180, 277<br />

dentition 179<br />

Australidelphia 194, 208–16<br />

Australosphenida 169, 173, 178–80<br />

dentition 179<br />

Australosyodon 37<br />

Austrotriconodon 150, 152<br />

Avenantia 38<br />

Badjcinus 211, 212<br />

Baluchitherium 262<br />

Barbour<strong>of</strong>elis 258, 259<br />

Barinya 211, 212<br />

Barunlestes 171, 229<br />

skull 227<br />

Barytherium 256<br />

Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) 122<br />

Basiliosaurus 265, 266<br />

Batodon 268<br />

tenuis 189<br />

Bauria 58–9<br />

Baurioidea 57, 59<br />

Bemalambda 238, 240<br />

Biarmosuchia 28, 31–33<br />

Biarmosuchian grade<br />

feeding mechanism 94<br />

Biarmosuchus 31, 32, 79, 80<br />

Biseridens 33<br />

Bishops 180<br />

Bistius 173, 174<br />

Bobbschaefferia 209<br />

Bocatherium 70, 71<br />

Bondesius 164, 166<br />

Boreosphenida 161,<br />

169, 178<br />

Boreoeutheria 226, 277<br />

Borhyaenoidea<br />

See Sparassodontia<br />

Branisella 271<br />

Brasilitherium 73, 75, 76<br />

Brasilodon 73, 75<br />

Brithopia 36, 37<br />

Brithopian Dinocephalia 28<br />

Brontops 261<br />

Brontotheres 260<br />

325

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