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Megafauna : Giant Beasts of Pleistocene South America /
More than 10,000 years ago, spectacularly large mammals roamed the pampas and jungles of South America. This book tells the story of these great beasts during and just after the Pleistocene, the geological epoch marked by the great ice ages. The authors describe the history and way of life of these...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
[2012]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Megafauna : |b Giant Beasts of Pleistocene South America / |c Richard A. Fariña, Sergio F. Vizcaíno, and Gerry De Iuliis. |
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| 490 | 0 | |a Life of the Past | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Paleontology and science : what is science? -- Distinguished paleomammalogists -- Geological and ecological history of South America during the Cenozoic era -- North American late Cenozoic faunas -- The Great American Biotic Interchange and Pleistocene habitats in South America -- Bestiary -- Physics of the giants -- General paleoecology -- Extinction. | |
| 520 | |a More than 10,000 years ago, spectacularly large mammals roamed the pampas and jungles of South America. This book tells the story of these great beasts during and just after the Pleistocene, the geological epoch marked by the great ice ages. The authors describe the history and way of life of these animals, their comings and goings, and what befell them at the beginning of the modern era and the arrival of humans. It places these giants within the context of the other mammals then alive, describing their paleobiology - how they walked; how much they weighed; their diets, behavior, biomechanics; and the interactions among them and with their environment. It also tells the stories of the scientists who contributed to our discovery and knowledge of these transcendent creatures and the environment they inhabited. The episode known as the Great American Biotic Interchange, perhaps the most important of all natural history "experiments," is also an important theme of the book, tracing the biotic events of both North and South America that led to the fauna and the ecosystems discussed in this book. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a Pleistocene Geologic Epoch. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01353983 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Paleobiology. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01051320 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Mammals, Fossil. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01007026 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Geology, Stratigraphic. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00940727 | |
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| 650 | 7 | |a NATURE |x Fossils. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Stratigraphie |y Pleistocene. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Paleobiologie |z Amerique du Sud. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Mammiferes fossiles |z Amerique du Sud. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Geology, Stratigraphic |y Pleistocene. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Paleobiology |z South America. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Mammals, Fossil |z South America. | |
| 651 | 7 | |a South America. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01244515 | |
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| 700 | 1 | |a De Iuliis, Gerardo, |d 1959- | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Vizcaíno, Sergio F. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Fariña, Richard A. | |
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