Form-Function Correlation Paradigm in Mammalogy. A Tribute to Leonard B. Radinsky (1937–1985)

Abstract

This special issue of the Journal of Mammalian Evolution represents the proceedings from a symposium held in conjunction with the XXXI Jornadas Argentinas de Mastozoología (SAREM, La Rioja, Argentina, October 25, 2018), and entitled “El paradigma de correlación forma-función en mastozoología: un tributo a Leonard Radinsky (1937–1985).” In this introduction to the symposium proceedings, we provide a brief account of Radinsky’s expertise and academic goals, and we remark on the textbook “The Evolution of Vertebrate Design” posthumously published, to introduce the contents of the present volume and highlight Len’s academic (research and teaching) and social sensitivity from the perspective of current times.