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Members of the mammalian clade Carnivora have invaded nearly every
continent and ocean, evolving into bamboo-eating pandas,
clam-eating walruses and of course, flesh-eating sabre-toothed
cats. With this ecological, morphological and taxonomic diversity
and a fossil record spanning over sixty million years, Carnivora
has proven to be a model clade for addressing questions of broad
evolutionary significance. This volume brings together top
international scientists with contributions that focus on current
advances in our understanding of carnivoran relationships,
ecomorphology and macroevolutionary patterns. Topics range from the
palaeoecology of the earliest fossil carnivorans to the influences
of competition and constraint on diversity and biogeographic
distributions. Several studies address ecomorphological
convergences among carnivorans and other mammals with morphometric
and Finite Element analyses, while others consider how new
molecular and palaeontological data have changed our understanding
of carnivoran phylogeny. Combined, these studies also illustrate
the diverse suite of approaches and questions in evolutionary
biology and palaeontology.
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