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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810611803321

Titolo

Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America . Volume 2 Small mammals, xenarthrans, and marine mammals / / [edited by] Christine M. Janis, Gregg F. Gunnell, Mark D. Uhen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008

ISBN

1-107-17408-2

1-281-71713-4

9786611717131

0-511-40942-7

0-511-40806-4

0-511-40996-6

0-511-40732-7

0-511-54143-0

0-511-40887-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 795 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America ; ; v. 2

Disciplina

569/.097

Soggetti

Mammals, Fossil - North America

Paleontology - Tertiary

Animals, Fossil - North America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Non-eutherian mammals -- pt. 2. Insectivorous mammals -- pt. 3. "Edentata" -- pt. 4. Archonta -- pt. 5. Glires -- pt. 6. Marine mammals.

Sommario/riassunto

This second volume completes the unique survey of North American Tertiary mammals, and covers all the remaining taxa not contained in Volume 1. It provides a complete listing of mammalian diversity over time and space, and evaluates the effect of biogeography and climatic change on evolutionary patterns and faunal transitions, with the distribution in time and space of each taxon laid out in a standardized format. It contains six summary chapters that integrate systematic and biogeographic information for higher taxa, and provides a detailed



account of the patterns of occurrence for different species at hundreds of different fossil localities, with the inclusion of many more localities than were contained in the first volume. With over thirty chapters, each written by leading authorities, and an addendum that updates the occurrence and systematics of all of the groups covered in Volume 1, this will be a valuable reference for paleontologists and zoologists.