Palæos:		Unit 390: Synapsida
The Vertebrates		References

Synapsida: References

REPTILOMORPHA
|
Synapsida
|--Caseasauria X
|  |--Eothyrididae X
|  `--Caseidae X
`--Eupelycosauria
   |--Varanopseidae X
   `--+--Ophiacodontidae X
      `--+--Edaphosauridae X
         `--Sphenacodontia
            |--Sphenacodontidae X
            `--THERAPSIDA

References

Battail, B & MV Surkov (2000), Mammal-like reptiles from Russia in MJ Benton, MA Shishkin, DM Unwin & EN Kurochkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia, Cambridge Univ. Press, pp 86-119. Sphenacodontia.

Carroll, RL (1988), Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, WH Freeman & Co., 698 pp. Overview

Colbert, EH (1969), Evolution of the Vertebrates. John Wiley & Sons. Overview.

Dilkes, DW & RR Reisz (1996), First record of a basal syanapsid ("mammal-like reptile") in Gondwana. Proc. Royal. Soc. Lond. B 263: 1165-1170. Aerosaurus, Elliotsmithia, Synapsida, Varanops, Varanopseidae.

Hopson, JA & HR Barghusen (1986), An analysis of therapsid relationships in N Hotton, III, PD MacLean, JJ Roth & EC Roth (eds.), The Ecology and Biology of Mammal-like Reptiles, Smithsonian Inst. Press, pp. 83-106. Sphenacodontia

Janis, CM & J Damuth (1990), Mammals, in K McNamara (ed.) Evolutionary Trends. Belhaven Press. Overview

Langston, W (1965), Oedalops campi (Reptilia: Pelycosauria) new genus and species from the Lower Permian of New Mexico, and the family Eothyrididae. Bull. Tex. Mem. Mus. #9, 47 pp. Caseasauria, Caseidae, Eothyrididae.

Langston, W & RR Reisz (1981), Aerosaurus wellesi, new species, a varanopseid mammal-like reptile (Synapsida: Pelycosauria) from the Lower Permian of New Mexico. J. Vert. Paleontol. 1: 73-96. Aerosaurus.

Lund, R (2000), The new actinopterygian order Guildayichthyiformes from the Lower Carboniferous of Montana (USA). Geodiversitas 22: 171-206. Eothyrididae.

Modesto, S, CA Sidor, BS Rubidge & J Welman (2001), A second varanopseid skull from the Upper Permian of South Africa: implications for Late Permian 'pelycosaur' evolution. Lethaia 34: 249-259. Elliotsmithia, Mycterosaurinae, Varanodontinae, Varanopseidae.

Reisz, RR (1972), Pelycosaurian reptiles from the Middle Pennsylvanian of North America. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 144: 27-62. Synapsida, Varanopseidae.

Reisz, RR (1986), Pelycosauria, Encylopedia of Paleoherpetology, Part 17A, Fischer Verlag.

Reisz, RR, DS Berman & D Scott (1992), The cranial anatomy and relationships of Secodontosaurus, an unusual mammal-like reptile (Synapsida: Sphenacodontidae) from the Early Permian of Texas. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 104: 127–184. Sphenacodontidae.

Reisz, RR, DW Dilkes & DS Berman (1998), Anatomy and relationships of Elliotsmithia longiceps Broom, a small synapsid (Eupelycosauria: Varanopseidae) from the Late Permian of South Africa. J. Vert. Paleontol. 18: 602-611. Aerosaurus, Elliotsmithia, Mycterosaurinae, Mycterosaurus, Varanodontinae, Varanops, Varanopseidae.

Reisz, RR, H Wilson & D Scott (1997), Varanopsieid synapsid skeletal elements from Richards Spur, a Lower Permian fissure fill near Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Okla. Geol. Notes 56: 160-170. Mycterosaurus, Sphenacodontidae, Varanopseidae.

Romer, AS & LW Price (1940), Review of the Pelycosauria. Geol. Soc. Amer. Spec. Papers 28: 1-538. Aerosaurus, Elliotsmithia, Varanops, Varanopseidae

Rubidge, BS & CA Sidor (2001), Evolutionary patterns among Permo-Triassic therapsids. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 32: 449-480. Sphenacodontidae.  

van Tuinen, M & EA Hadly (2004), Error in estimation of rate and time inferred from the early amniote fossil record and avian molecular clocks.  J. Mol. Evol. 59: 267-276.  Archaeothyris.  

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