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Record Nr.

UNINA9910253998403321

Titolo

Late Cenozoic Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province, China: Geology and Fossil Mammals [[electronic resource] ] : Volume II: Small Mammal Fossils of Yushe Basin / / edited by Lawrence J. Flynn, Wen-Yu Wu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

94-024-1050-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 227 p. 92 illus., 16 illus. in color.)

Collana

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology, , 1877-9077

Disciplina

551.78

Soggetti

Paleontology 

Geology

Vertebrates

Animal systematics

Animal taxonomy

Evolutionary biology

Biodiversity

Paleontology

Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography

Evolutionary Biology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1 Small Mammal Exploration in Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province Lawrence J. Flynn and Wen-Yu Wu -- 2 The Lipotyphla of Yushe Basin Lawrence J. Flynn and Wen-Yu Wu -- 3 The Bats of Yushe Basin Lawrence J. Flynn -- 4 The Lagomorphs (Ochotonidae, Leporidae) of Yushe Basin Wen-Yu Wu and Lawrence J. Flynn -- 5 Yushe Squirrels (Sciuridae, Rodentia) Zhu-Ding Qiu -- 6 Yushe Beavers (Castoridae, Rodentia) Xiaofeng Xu, Qiang Li, and Lawrence J. Flynn -- 7 Yushe Dipodoidea Zhu-Ding Qiu -- 8 A Dormouse (Gliridae, Rodentia) from Yushe Basin Wen-Yu Wu -- 9 The Zokors of Yushe Basin Shao-Hua Zheng -- 10 The Hamsters of Yushe Basin Wen-Yu Wu and Lawrence J. Flynn -- 11 Yushe Basin Prometheomyini (Arvicolinae, Rodentia) Wen-Yu Wu and Lawrence J. Flynn -- 12 Fossil Arvicolini of Yushe Basin: Facts and Problems of



Arvicoline Biochronology of North China Ying-Qi Zhang -- 13 The Shanxi Gerbils Lawrence J. Flynn and Wen-Yu Wu -- 14 The Murine Rodents of Yushe Basin Wen-Yu Wu, Lawrence J. Flynn and Zhu-Ding Qiu -- 15 The Bamboo Rats and Porcupines of Yushe Basin < Lawrence J. Flynn and Wen-Yu Wu -- 16 Dynamic Small Mammal Assemblages of Yushe Basin Lawrence J. Flynn and Wen-Yu Wu -- APPENDIX Log of Surface Collections and Initial Screening Results for Microvertebrate Localities of Yushe Basin -- .

Sommario/riassunto

This volume focuses on small mammal fossils from extinct Asian faunas of about 1 to 7 million years ago in North China. These played a role in the emergence of vertebrate paleontology as a modern science in that country. This second volume of the sub-series Late Cenozoic Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province, China: Geology and Fossil Mammals in the Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology book series deals with a rich microfauna fossil record; megafauna follow in subsequent volumes. This research on Yushe Basin fossils provides a view of changes in northeast Asian terrestrial faunas during the Late Neogene, and therefore is a key to the biochronology for a vast part of the continent. The faunas recovered by the multinational team working in this region represent changes in small mammal communities of the Yushe Basin, revealed on a finer time scale that has not been achieved previously. Detailed systematic studies on small mammal groups proceeded under the care of specialists are outlined in the chapters of this volume. Paleontologists, ecologists and evolutionary biologists will find this book appealing.