The Evolution of Artiodactyls

Artiodactyls are diverse and successful hoofed mammals, represented by nearly two hundred living species of pigs, peccaries, hippos, camels, deer, sheep, cattle, giraffes, and other even-toed ungulates.

In the recent years, a tremendous amount of research has been conducted on this important order. The Evolution of Artiodactyls synthesizes this research into a single, comprehensive volume. Here Donald R. Prothero, Scott E. Foss, and a team of distinguished international experts explore a variety of topics, including molecular phylogeny of terrestrial artiodactyls phylogenetic relationships of cetaceans to terrestrial artiodactyls, and the earliest artiodactyls--Diacodexidae, Dichobunidae, Homacodontidae, Leptochoeridae, and Raoellidae.

A landmark reference, The Evolution of Artiodactyls belongs in the library of every paleontologist, mammalogist, and evolutionary biologist.

Contributors: Jean-Renaud Boisserie, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Edward Byrd Davis, University of Oregon
Stephane Ducrocq, Universite de Poitiers
Jorg Erfurt, Martin-Luther-Universitat Halle-Wittenberg
Jonathan H. Geisler, Georgia Southern University
Colin P. Groves, Australian National University
John M. Harris, George C. Page Museum
James G. Honey, University of Colorado, Boulder
Christine M. Janis, Brown University
Fabrice Lihoreau, Universite de N'Djamena
Matthew R. Liter, Occidental College
Liu Li-Ping, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, China
Joshua A. Ludtke, San Diego State University
Jonathan D. Marcot, University of Colorado Museum
Gregoire Metais, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Gertrud E. Rossner, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen
Nikos Solounias, American Museum of Natural History
James Bowie Stevens and Margaret Skeels Stevens, Lamar University
Jessica M. Theodor, University of Calgary
Mark D. Uhen, Cranbrook Institute of Science
Inessa Vislobokova, Russian Academy of Sciences