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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480514603321

Autore

Croft Darin A

Titolo

Horned Armadillos and Rafting Monkeys [[electronic resource] ] : The Fascinating Fossil Mammals of South America / / Darin A. Croft ; illustrated by Velizar Simeonovski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-253-02094-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Life of the past

Disciplina

569.098

Soggetti

Extinct animals

Extinct mammals - South America

Fossils - South America

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Time and Geography; 2. Introduction to Mammals; Part I: Early South American Phase and Trans-Atlantic Dispersal Interval (TADI); Part II: Late South American Phase; Part III: The Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI) and the Interamerican Phase; Further Reading; Appendices; Glossary; Index; 3. Tiupampa, Bolivia; 4. Itaboraí, Brazil; 5. Gran Barranca, Argentina; 6. La Gran Hondonada, Argentina; 7. Tinguiririca, Chile; 8. Salla, Bolivia; 9. Chucal, Chile; 10. Santa Cruz, Argentina; 11. La Venta, Colombia; 12. Quebrada Honda, Bolivia

13. Arroyo Chasicó, Argentina14. Acre, Brazil; 15. Catamarca, Argentina; 16. Chapadmalal, Argentina; 17. Tarija, Bolivia; Appendix 1. Alphabetical List of Species; Appendix 2. Families and Higher Taxonomic Groups; Appendix 3. Mammals of Tiupampa, Bolivia; Appendix 4. Mammals of Itaboraí, Brazil; Appendix 5. Middle Eocene ("Barrancan") Mammals of Gran Barranca, Argentina; Appendix 6. Mammals of La Gran Hondonada, Argentina; Appendix 7. Mammals of Tinguiririca, Chile; Appendix 8. Mammals of Salla, Bolivia; Appendix 9. Mammals of Chucal, Chile



Appendix 10. Mammals of Coastal Santa Cruz, ArgentinaAppendix 11. Mammals of La Venta, Colombia; Appendix 12. Mammals of Quebrada Honda, Bolivia; Appendix 13. Mammals of Arroyo Chasicó, Argentina; Appendix 14. Mammals of Acre (Brazil and Peru); Appendix 15. Mammals of Catamarca, Argentina; Appendix 16. Mammals of Chapadmalal, Argentina; Appendix 17. Mammals of Tarija, Bolivia; A; D; M; S; V; A; D; H; N; Q; U; X; 3.1 Pucadelphys andinus; 3.2 Mayulestes ferox; 3.3 Molinodus suarezi; 3.4 Alcidedorbignya inopinata; 4.1 Epidolops ameghinoi; 4.2 Colbertia magellanica

4.3 Protolipterna ellipsodontoides4.4 Carodnia vieirai; 5.1 Sebecus icaeorhinus; 5.2 Niolamia argentina and Caroloameghinia mater; 5.3 Utaetus buccatus; 5.4 Thomashuxleya rostrata; 5.5 Notopithecus adapinus; 6.1 Otronia muhlbergi; 6.2 Pseudhyrax eutrachytheroides; 6.3 Puelia plicata; 6.4 Trigonostylops wortmani; 7.1 Klohnia charrieri; 7.2 Pseudoglyptodon chilensis; 7.3 Andemys termasi; 7.4 Santiagorothia chiliensis; 8.1 Paraborhyaena boliviana; 8.2 Branisella boliviana; 8.3 Anayatherium fortis; 8.4 Trachytherus alloxus; 8.5 Pyrotherium romeroi; 9.1 Parapropalaehoplophorus septentrionalis

9.2 Peltephilus ferox9.3 Theosodon lallemanti; 9.4 Nesodon imbricatus; 9.5 Altitypotherium chucalensis; 10.1 Necrolestes patagonensis; 10.2 Borhyaena tuberata; 10.3 Hapalops indifferens; 10.4 Steiromys duplicatus; 10.5 Thoatherium minusculum; 10.6 Interatherium robustum; 11.1 Neotamandua borealis; 11.2 Cebupithecia sarmientoi; 11.3 Megadolodus molariformis and Purussaurus neivensis; 11.4 Miocochilius anamopodus; 11.5 Granastrapotherium snorki; 12.1 Acyon myctoderos; 12.2 Hondalagus altiplanensis; 12.3 Guiomys unica; 12.4 Hemihegetotherium trilobus; 13.1 Protomegalonyx chasicoensis

13.2 Prolagostomus and Lycopsis viverensis