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The rise of marine mammals : 50 million years of evolution /
Marine mammals have long captured the attention of humans. Ancient peoples etched seals and dolphins on the walls of Paleolithic caves; today, engineers develop microprocessors to track these denizens of the deep. This groundbreaking book from highly respected marine mammal paleontologist Annalisa B...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Setting the stage : rocks, fossils and evolution
- The oldest marine mammals : whales and sea cows
- Later diverging whales : Neoceti
- Aquatic carnivores : pinnipeds and a bear-like carnivoran
- Crown sirenians and their desmostylian relatives
- Aquatic sloths and recent occupants of the sea-sea otters and polar bears
- Diversity changes through time : the influence of climate change and humans.