This special issue of the Journal of Mammalian Evolution represents the proceedings from a symposium held in conjunction with the XXXI Jornadas Argentinas de Mastozoologia (SAREM, La Rioja, Argentina, October 25, 2018), and entitled “El paradigma de correlacion forma-funcion en mastozoologia: 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.

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哺乳动物学中的形式函数相关范式。向 Leonard B. Radinsky (1937–1985) 致敬

本期《哺乳动物进化杂志》特刊介绍了与 XXXI Jornadas Argentinas de Mastozoologia（SAREM，阿根廷拉里奥哈，2018 年 10 月 25 日）一起举办的专题讨论会的论文集，标题为“El pararelacion forma-funcion en mastozoologia: un tributo a Leonard Radinsky (1937–1985)。” 在本次研讨会论文集简介中，我们简要介绍了Radinsky 的专业知识和学术目标，并评论了死后出版的教科书《脊椎动物设计的进化》，介绍了本卷的内容，并突出了Len 的学术（研究）和教学）和当今时代的社会敏感性。