Preface Acknowledgments List of Contributors 1. The Origin and Radiation of Therapsids Tom S. Kemp 2. Therapsid Biodiversity Patterns and Paleoenvironments of the Karoo Basin, South Africa Roger Smith, Bruce Rubidge, and Merrill van der Walt 3. The Microstructure of Bones and Teeth of Nonmammalian Therapsids Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan 4. The Paleobiology and Bone Microstructure of Pelycosaurian-Grade Synapsids Adam K. Huttenlocker and Elizabeth Rega 5. Dicynodont Growth Dynamics and Lifestyle Adaptations Sanghamitra Ray, Jennifer Botha-Brink, and Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan 6. Biological Inferences of the Cranial Microstructure of the Dicynodonts Oudenodon and Lystrosaurus Sandra C. Jasinoski and Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan 7. Bone and Dental Histology of Late Triassic Dicynodonts from North America Jeremy L. Green 8. Bone Histology of Some Therocephalians and Gorgonopsians, and Evidence of Bone Degradation by Fungi Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan and Sanghamitra Ray 9. The Radiation and Osteohistology of Nonmammaliaform Cynodonts Jennifer Botha-Brink, Fernando Abdala, and Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan 10. The Radiation, Bone Histology, and Biology of Early Mammals Jorn H. Hurum and Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan 11. The Evolution of Mammalian Endothermy John A. Ruben, Willem J. Hillenius, Tom S. Kemp, and Devon E. Quick References Index