The Evolution of Artiodactyls

Acknowledgments ix List of Contributors xi Introduction 1(3) Scott E. Foss Donald R. Prothero Molecular Phylogeny of Terrestrial Artiodactyls: Conflicts and Resolution 4(15) Jonathan D. Marcot Phylogenetic Relationships of Cetaceans to Terrestrial Artiodactyls 19(13) Jonathan H. Geisler Jessica M. Theodor Mark D. Uhen Scott E. Foss The Earliest Artiodactyls: Diacodexeidae, Dichobunidae, Homacodontidae, Leptochoeridae, and Raoellidae 32(27) Jessica M. Theodor Jorg Erfurt Gregoire Metais Endemic European Paleogene Artiodactyls: Cebochoeridae, Choeropotamidae, Mixtotheriidae, Cainotheriidae, Anoplotheriidae, Xiphodontidae, and Amphimerycidae 59(26) Jorg Erfurt Gregoire Metais Family Helohyidae 85(4) Scott E. Foss Family Anthracotheriidae 89(17) Fabrice Lihoreau Stephane Ducrocq Family Hippopotamidae 106(14) Jean-Renaud Boisserie Family Entelodontidae 120(10) Scott E. Foss Superfamily Suoidea 130(21) John M. Harris Liu Li-Ping Family Agriochoeridae 151(6) Joshua A. Ludtke Family Merycoidodontidae 157(12) Margaret Skeels Stevens James Bowie Stevens Family Protoceratidae 169(8) Donald R. Prothero Joshua A. Ludtke Family Camelidae 177(12) James G. Honey Basal Ruminants 189(24) Gregoire Metais Inessa Vislobokova Family Tragulidae 213(8) Gertrud E. Rossner Family Moschidae 221(6) Donald R. Prothero Family Antilocapridae 227(14) Edward Byrd Davis Family Palaeomerycidae 241(8) Donald R. Prothero Matthew R. Liter Family Cervidae 249(8) Colin P. Groves Family Giraffidae 257(21) Nikos Solounias Family Bovidae 278(14) Nikos Solounias Artiodactyl Paleoecology and Evolutionary Trends 292(11) Christine M. Janis Summary 303(14) Donald R. Prothero Scott E. Foss References 317(46) Index 363