The Origin of Higher Clades: Osteology, Myology, Phylogeny and Evolution of Bony Fishes and the Rise of Tetrapods

Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction and Aims 2. Methodology and Material 3. Phylogenetic Analysis 3.1 Cladistic Analysis, Diagnosis for Clades Obtained, and Comparison with Previous Hypotheses 4. Comparative Anatomy, Higher-level Phylogeny and Macroevolution of Osteichthyans-A Discussion 4.1 Brief Summary of the Phylogenetic Results Obtained in the Cladistic Analysis 4.2 Comparative Anatomy, Homologies, and Evolution of Osteichthyan Cranial Muscles 4.3 Cranial Muscles, Zebrafish, and Evolutionary Developmental Biology 4.4 Comparative Anatomy, Homologies and Evolution of Osteichthyan Pectoral Muscles 4.5 Origin, Homologies and Evolution of the Weberian Apparatus 4.6 Myological versus Osteological Characters in Phylogenetic Reconstructions: A New Insight References Plates 1-7 Index