Mammals from the age of dinosaurs : origins, evolution, and structure /

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The fossil record on Mesozoic mammals has expanded by orders of magnitude over the past quarter century. New specimens, some of them breathtakingly complete, have been found in nearly all parts of the globe at a rapid pace. Coupled with the application of new scientific approaches and techniques, th...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Kielan-Jaworowska, Zofia
Autres auteurs: Cifelli, Richard, Luo, Zhe-Xi
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York ; Chichester : Columbia University Press, 2004.
Sujets:
From 65 to 230 million years ago
Mammals, Fossil.
Paleontology > Mesozoic.
Mammals.
Fossils.
Mammals
Evolution
Fossils
Mammifères fossiles.
Paléontologie > Mésozoïque.
Mammifères.
Fossiles.
Mammalia (class)
fossils.
NATURE > Fossils.
SCIENCE > Paleontology.
Mammals, Fossil
Mesozoic Geologic Period
Paleontology
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Distribution: Mesozoic Mammals in Space and Time
  • 3. Origin of Mammals
  • 4. The Earliest-Known Stem Mammals
  • 5. Docodontans
  • 6. Australosphenidans and Shuotherium
  • 7. Eutriconodontans
  • 8. Allotherians
  • 9. "Symmetrodontans"
  • 10. "Eupantotherians" (Stem Cladotherians)
  • 11. "Tribotherians" (Stem Boreosphenidans)
  • 12. Metatherians
  • 13. Eutherians
  • 14. Gondwanatherians
  • 15. Interrelationships of Mesozoic Mammals
  • APPENDIX
  • REFERENCES
  • ADDITIONAL REFERENCES
  • ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
  • INDEX.

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