The Princeton field guide to prehistoric mammals /

After the mass extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, mammals became the dominant terrestrial life form on our planet. Roaming the earth were spectacular beasts such as saber-toothed cats, giant mastodonts, immense ground sloths, and gigantic giraffe-like rhinoceroses. This book is an ill...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Prothero, Donald R. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Williams, Mary Persis (Ilustrador)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Temas:
Mammals, Fossil.
Mammals. > Evolution.
Mammals. > Phylogeny.
Mammifères fossiles.
NATURE > Fossils.
NATURE > Reference.
Pictorial works.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The age of mammals
  • 2. The origin and early evolution of mammals
  • 3. Marsupials : pouched mammals
  • 4. Placental mammals (Eutheria)
  • 5. Xenarthra : sloths, anteaters, and armadillos
  • 6. Afrotheria : elephants, hyraxes, sea cows, aardvarks, and their relatives
  • 7. Euarchontoglires : Euarchonta. Primates, tree shrews, and colugos
  • 8. Euarchontoglires : Glires. Rodents and lagomorphs
  • 9. Laurasiatheria : insectivores. Order Eulipotyphla and other insectivorous mammals
  • 10. Laurasiatheria : Chiroptera. Bats
  • 11. Laurasiatheria : Pholidota. Pangolins, or "scaly anteaters"
  • 12. Laurasiatheria : Carnivora and Creodonta. Predatory mammals
  • 13. Laurasiatheria : Ungulata. Hoofed mammals and their relatives
  • 14. Laurasiatheria : Artiodactyla. "Even-toed" hoofed mammals : pigs, hippos, whales, camels, ruminants, and their extinct relatives
  • 15. Laurasiatheria : Perissodactyla. "Odd-toed" hoofed mammals : horses, rhinos, tapirs, and their extinct relatives
  • 16. Laurasiatheria : Meridiungulata. South American hoofed mammals
  • 17. Uintatheres, pantodonts, taeniodonts, and tillodonts
  • 18. Mammalian evolution and extinction.

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