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Analysis and Synthesis: Studies in Paleobiology, Evolution and the History of Science in Honour of Wolf-Ernst Reif, 1945–2009

Preface

Introduction
Wolf-Ernst Reif (1945–2009)
Roger D.K. Thomas, Rainer R. Schoch & David B. Weishampel
Pages: 125-126
Published online: 06 Feb 2013
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Pattern formation in development of chondrichthyan dentitions: a review of an evolutionary model
Moya Meredith Smith, Zerina Johanson, Charlie Underwood & Thomas G. H. Diekwisch
Pages: 127-142
Published online: 15 May 2012
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Tissue diversity and evolutionary trends of the dermal skeleton of Silurian thelodonts
Živilė Žigaitė, Martha Richter, Valentina Karatajūtė-Talimaa & Moya Meredith Smith
Pages: 143-154
Published online: 15 Feb 2013
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How body size and development biased the direction of evolution in early amphibians
Rainer R. Schoch
Pages: 155-165
Published online: 25 Sep 2012
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Biomechanics and functional preconditions for terrestrial lifestyle in basal tetrapods, with special consideration of Tiktaalik roseae
Bianca Hohn-Schulte, Holger Preuschoft, Ulrich Witzel & Claudia Distler-Hoffmann
Pages: 167-181
Published online: 13 Feb 2013
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Unique differentiation of radial enamel in Arsinoitherium (Embrithopoda, Tethytheria)
W. von Koenigswald
Pages: 183-192
Published online: 13 Aug 2012
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Arch and beam: deployment of microstructural fabrics in relation to loads exerted on the shells of bivalved molluscs in different functional regimes
Roger D.K. Thomas
Pages: 193-199
Published online: 20 Sep 2012
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Theoretical morphology of colonial meshworks in the Fenestrata (Bryozoa): modelling hydraulic-resistance constraints and minimum fenestrule widths
Robert W. Starcher & George R. McGhee
Pages: 201-222
Published online: 11 Sep 2012
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Adaptation of oysters to life on soft substrates
Kiyotaka Chinzei
Pages: 223-231
Published online: 27 Sep 2012
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Burmaphlebia reifigen. et sp. nov., the first anisozygopteran damsel-dragonfly (Odonata: Epiophlebioptera: Burmaphlebiidae fam. nov.) from Early Cretaceous Burmese amber
Günter Bechly & George Poinar Jr
Pages: 233-237
Published online: 15 Jan 2013
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Cyclism revisited: extinction and ‘Achilles’ Heels' keep diversification in check on macroevolutionary time scales
Adolf Seilacher
Pages: 239-250
Published online: 05 Dec 2012
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Parasitism and evolution: opposing versus balancing strategies
Peter Wenk & Alfons Renz
Pages: 251-259
Published online: 02 Jul 2012
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An untimely nexus of German biomechanics, evolution and ornithology: Dominik von Kripp and evolutionary functional morphology
David B. Weishampel & Wolf-Ernst Reif
Pages: 261-281
Published online: 13 Nov 2012
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Paleontology as a circumstantial evidence lawsuit
Rodion Ebbighausen & Dieter Korn
Pages: 283-295
Published online: 20 Jun 2012
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A bridge-builder: Wolf-Ernst Reif and the Darwinisation of German paleontology
Georgy S. Levit & Uwe Hoßfeld
Pages: 297-306
Published online: 07 Feb 2013
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Book Review
Convergent evolution: limited forms most beautiful
Simon Conway Morris
Pages: 307-308
Published online: 18 Sep 2012
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Convergent evolution: limited forms most beautiful
Wallace Arthur
Pages: 309-311
Published online: 16 Nov 2012
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