An edition of The Princeton field guide to prehistoric mammals (2016)

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An edition of The Princeton field guide to prehistoric mammals (2016)

The Princeton field guide to prehistoric mammals

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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 illustrated field guide to the lost world of these prehistoric creatures. It covers all the main groups of fossil mammals, discussing taxonomy and evolutionary history, and providing concise accounts of the better-known genera and species as well as an up-to-date family tree for each group. Illustrated throughout with full-color reconstructions and photographs of fossils from around the world.

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Princeton University Press
Language
English
Pages
240

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Subjects

Fossil Mammals, Phylogeny, Evolution, Extinct mammals, Paleontology, Mammals, Pictorial works, Mammals, fossil

Times

Cenozoic

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The Princeton field guide to prehistoric mammals
2017, Princeton University Press
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2016, Princeton University Press
in English
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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-233) and index.

Other Titles
Field guide to prehistoric mammals, Prehistoric mammals
Copyright Date
2017

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
569
Library of Congress
QE881 .P767 2016, QE881.P765 2017, QE881 .P767 2017

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Pagination
240 pages
Number of pages
240

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OL27238446M
Internet Archive
princetonfieldgu0000prot
ISBN 10
0691156824
ISBN 13
9780691156828
LCCN
2016946980
OCLC/WorldCat
948560881

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