@inbook{1726f3767b1b423991c63ba9f1c10707,
title = "Postcranial morphology of apheliscus and haplomylus (condylarthra, apheliscidae): evidence for a paleocene holarctic origin of macroscelidea",
abstract = "Small-bodied eutherian mammals with bunodont teeth from the Paleocene and Eocene have long been the subjects of taxonomic contention, with regard to both the assignment of individual genera to supergeneric clades (such as Hyopsodontidae, Pentacodontidae, and Dormaalidae) and to the place of those larger groups within Eutheria. Taxa traditionally placed in the family Hyopsodontidae have proven particularly problematic from the first standpoint, the clade has become a wastebasket for small-bodied, bunodont taxa whose morphology suggests affinities with the basal ungulate order Condylarthra (in this study, Ungulata and ungulate refer to the traditional morphological concept of this group, minimally including Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla, Hyracoidea, Proboscidea, Sirenia, and their extinct relatives, particularly condylarths and the South American ungulate radiation (e.g., McKenna and Bell, 1997); for visual simplicity, we use condylarth and Condylarthra without quotes, although we recognize that this group is likely para- or polyphyletic).",
keywords = "Anterior tubercle, Deltopectoral crest, Distal humerus, Medial malleolus, Vertebrate paleontology",
author = "Penkrot, {Tonya A.} and Zack, {Shawn P.} and Rose, {Kenneth D.} and Bloch, {Jonathan I.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank T. M. Bown, for discovery of the original Apheliscus skeletal association; D. Diveley, J. Meng (AMNH), R. Emry, L. Gordon, H. Kafka, J. Mead, R. Purdy (USNM), S. G. Strait (Marshall University, Department of Biological Sciences), and P. Houde (New Mexico State University) for access to specimens; R. Ayoob, L. Fet, B. Sang, N. Smith, C. Williamson (Marshall University), and P. Holman for collection of many of the Macrocranion specimens from Castle Gardens; D. M. Boyer, J. C. Mussell, and J. A. Salton for helpful discussions; C. B. Ruff, M. F. Teaford, and D. B. Weishampel (JHU) for access to equipment and facilities; R. J. Asher for making his updated matrix available; M. Habib (JHU) for original illustrations (Figures 5.13 and 5.14); K. C. Beard, P. A. Holroyd, Z.-X. Luo, and M. T. Silcox for encouragement; and two anonymous reviewers whose comments on an earlier version of this manuscript have substantially improved it. Thanks to M. Dagosto and E. J. Sargis for the opportunity to contribute to this volume. We thank F. S. Szalay for his many contributions to mammalian paleontology, particularly his studies of functional morphology and the significance of postcranial morphology to mammalian phylogenetics. Finally, we would also like to thank the many people who have helped collect, prepare, identify, and sort specimens from the Willwood quarries throughout the years, for their work in particular made this project possible. Support of fieldwork leading to these discoveries has been provided by the National Geographic Society, the US National Science Foundation (grants BSR-8215099, BSR-8500732, DEB-8918755, IBN-9419776, and EAR-0000941), and the Bureau of Land Management. Funding Information: Acknowledgments. We thank T. M. Bown, for discovery of the original Apheliscus skeletal association; D. Diveley, J. Meng (AMNH), R. Emry, L. Gordon, H. Kafka, J. Mead, R. Purdy (USNM), S. G. Strait (Marshall University, Department of Biological Sciences), and P. Houde (New Mexico State University) for access to specimens; R. Ayoob, L. Fet, B. Sang, N. Smith, C. Williamson (Marshall University), and P. Holman for collection of many of the Macrocranion specimens from Castle Gardens; D. M. Boyer, J. C. Mussell, and J. A. Salton for helpful discussions; C. B. Ruff, M. F. Teaford, and D. B. Weishampel (JHU) for access to equipment and facilities; R. J. Asher for making his updated matrix available; M. Habib (JHU) for original illustrations (Figures 5.13 and 5.14); K. C. Beard, P. A. Holroyd, Z.-X. Luo, and M. T. Silcox for encouragement; and two anonymous reviewers whose comments on an earlier version of this manuscript have substantially improved it. Thanks to M. Dagosto and E. J. Sargis for the opportunity to contribute to this volume. We thank F. S. Szalay for his many contributions to mammalian paleontology, particularly his studies of functional morphology and the significance of postcranial morphology to mammalian phylogenetics. Finally, we would also like to thank the many people who have helped collect, prepare, identify, and sort specimens from the Willwood quarries throughout the years, for their work in particular made this project possible. Support of fieldwork leading to these discoveries has been provided by the National Geographic Society, the US National Science Foundation (grants BSR-8215099, BSR-8500732, DEB-8918755, IBN-9419776, and EAR-0000941), and the Bureau of Land Management. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2008.",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1007/978-1-4020-6997-0_5",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology",
publisher = "Springer",
number = "9781402069963",
pages = "73--106",
booktitle = "Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology",
edition = "9781402069963",
}