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Cranial Evidence for Rodent Affinities

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Evolutionary Relationships among Rodents

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Abstract

In his classic study of mammalian relationships, Gregory (1910) stated that a close grouping of rodents and lagomorphs seemed more compelling than most other proposals for higher eutherian categories. Nevertheless, the concept Glires, which unites these groups, soon drew influential criticism from Gidley (1912). Many workers acknowledged Gidley’s arguments and looked elsewhere for rodent relationships. Some allied rodents with primates (e.g., McKenna, 1961; Wood, 1962). Lagomorphs, on the other hand, were related to primitive ungulates (Wood, 1957) or “zalambdodont insectivores” (Russell, 1959).

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  1. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, 10024, USA

    Michael J. Novacek

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  1. School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA

    W. Patrick Luckett

  2. Institute of Evolutionary Sciences, University of Montpellier II, Montpellier, France

    Jean-Louis Hartenberger

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Novacek, M.J. (1985). Cranial Evidence for Rodent Affinities. In: Luckett, W.P., Hartenberger, JL. (eds) Evolutionary Relationships among Rodents. NATO Advanced Science Institutes (ASI) Series, vol 92. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0539-0_3

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