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In pursuit of early mammals / / Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska



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Autore: Kielan-Jaworowska Zofia Visualizza persona
Titolo: In pursuit of early mammals / / Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
Disciplina: 569
Soggetto topico: Archaeological expeditions
Mammals, Fossil
Paleontology - Mesozoic
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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. Docodontans
8. 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; Z
Sommario/riassunto: In 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 fossil
Titolo autorizzato: In pursuit of early mammals  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-253-00824-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808774303321
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Serie: Life of the Past