TY - BOOK AU - Clack, Jennifer A. [editor.]. AU - Fay, Richard R. [editor.]. AU - Popper, Arthur N. [editor.]. TI - Evolution of the vertebrate ear: evidence from the fossil record SN - 9783319466590 U1 - 612.85 CLA PY - 2016/// CY - New York, NY PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg N1 - Preface.- Vertebrate Diversity in a Sensory System: The Fossil Record of Otic Evolution.- Actinopterygians: The Ray-Finned Fishes-an Explosion of Diversity.- Sarcopterygians: From Lobe-Finned Fishes to the Tetrapod Stem Group.- Early Tetrapods: Experimenting with Form and Function.- Nonmammalian Synapsids: The Beginning of the Mammal Line.- Evolution of the Middle and Inner Ears of Mammaliaforms: The Approach to Mammals.- Evolution of the Ear of Mammals: From Monotremes to Humans.- Basal Reptilians, Marine Diapsids, and Turtles: The Flowering of Reptile Diversity.- The Lepidosaurian Ear: Variations on a Theme.- Archosaurs and their Kin: The Ruling Reptiles.- Amphibia: A Case of Diversity and Convergence in the Auditory Region UR - https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1620/2016953325-d.html UR - https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1620/2016953325-t.html ER -