03546nam 2200625Ia 450 991079201280332120200520144314.00-253-00824-7(CKB)2560000000102680(EBL)1318553(SSID)ssj0000891665(PQKBManifestationID)11448745(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000891665(PQKBWorkID)10891472(PQKB)10885992(MiAaPQ)EBC1318553(OCoLC)851097315(MdBmJHUP)muse29199(Au-PeEL)EBL1318553(CaPaEBR)ebr10720496(CaONFJC)MIL498011(PPN)200200801(EXLCZ)99256000000010268020130308d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn pursuit of early mammals[electronic resource] /Zofia Kielan-JaworowskaBloomington Indiana University Pressc20131 online resource (281 p.)Life of the pastDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-00817-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Institutional Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Methods: Collecting Materials and Establishing Relationships; 3. Paleontological Exploration of Mongolia by American, Japanese, Soviet, and Russian Expeditions, including the Mongolian Academy/ American Museum and Mongolia/Japan Joint Expeditions; 4. The Polish-Mongolian Paleontological Expeditions, 1963-1971, and the Nomadic Expedition, 2002; 5. Origins of Mammals and the Earliest Representatives of Mammaliaforms and Mammals; 6. Haramiyidans and Probable Related Forms; 7. Docodontans8. Eutriconodontans9. Monotremes and the Issue of Australosphenida and Tribosphenida; 10. Multituberculates and Gondwanatherians; 11. "Symmetrodontans"; 12. "Eupantotherians" and the Origin of Tribosphenic and Pseudotribosphenic Molars; 13. Tribotheria, Metatheria, and the Issue of the Deltatheroida; 14. Eutherian and Placental Mammals; 15. Aspects of Paleobiology of Mammaliaforms and Early Mammals; 16. Diversification of Mammaliaforms and Mesozoic Mammals: A Summary; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; ZIn Pursuit of Early Mammals presents the history of the mammals that lived during the Mesozoic era, the time when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, and describes their origins, anatomy, systematics, paleobiology, and distribution. It also tells the story of the author, a world-renowned specialist on these animals, and the other prominent paleontologists who have studied them. Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska was the first woman to lead large-scale paleontological expeditions, including eight to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, which brought back important collections of dinosaur, early mammal, and other fossilLife of the PastArchaeological expeditionsMammals, FossilPaleontologyMesozoicArchaeological expeditions.Mammals, Fossil.Paleontology569Kielan-Jaworowska Zofia1538974MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792012803321In pursuit of early mammals3789545UNINA