Cenozoic Mammals Of Africa
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Cenozoic Mammals Of Africa
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Author : Lars Werdelin
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2010-07-20
Cenozoic Mammals Of Africa written by Lars Werdelin and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-20 with Science categories.
"This impressively comprehensive volume is a long-awaited and worthy successor to the now outdated 1978 classic, Evolution of African Mammals. A must-have reference work for everyone interested in mammalian evolution." David Pilbeam, Harvard University and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology --
History Of Cenozoic Mammals From South America
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Author : Federico Agnolin
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
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History Of Cenozoic Mammals From South America written by Federico Agnolin and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Evolution And Fossil Record Of African Proboscidea
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Author : William J. Sanders
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2023-09-15
Evolution And Fossil Record Of African Proboscidea written by William J. Sanders and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-15 with Medical categories.
This book details the long, diverse, and complex phylogenetic history of elephants and their fossil relatives (the Proboscidea), whose origin is deeply embedded some 60 million years ago in Africa. Most of the major evolutionary events of proboscideans occurred in Africa, and these are examined in their geological, paleoecological, geographic, and faunal contexts. Updated information about feeding adaptations, taxonomy and systematics, genetics, and site occurrences is included and summarized in tables, figures, and charts. This is the first comprehensive review of African proboscideans and illustrates the need to more actively protect elephants and ensure their survival in modern ecosystems. Key Features: Provides a comprehensive systematic review of the African proboscidean fossil record Includes a summary of taxonomy, geochronology, biogeography and morphology Documents major faunal events including those associated with hominin origins Synthesizes new data from genomic, isotopic, and microware analyses Emphasizes the role of elephants in ecosystems and the importance of conservation
Mammals Of Africa Volume Iii
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Author : Jonathan Kingdon
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-11-20
Mammals Of Africa Volume Iii written by Jonathan Kingdon and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-20 with Nature categories.
Mammals of Africa (MoA) is a series of six volumes which describes, in detail, every currently recognized species of African land mammal. This is the first time that such extensive coverage has ever been attempted, and the volumes incorporate the very latest information and detailed discussion of the morphology, distribution, biology and evolution (including reference to fossil and molecular data) of Africa's mammals. With more than 1,160 species and 16-18 orders, Africa has the greatest diversity and abundance of mammals in the world. The reasons for this and the mechanisms behind their evolution are given special attention in the series. Each volume follows the same format, with detailed profiles of every species and higher taxa. The series includes hundreds of colour illustrations and pencil drawings by Jonathan Kingdon highlighting the morphology and behaviour of the species concerned, as well as line drawings of skulls and jaws by Jonathan Kingdon and Meredith Happold. Every species also includes a detailed distribution map. Edited by Jonathan Kingdon, David Happold, Tom Butynski, Mike Hoffmann, Meredith Happold and Jan Kalina, and written by more than 350 authors, all experts in their fields, Mammals of Africa is as comprehensive a compendium of current knowledge as is possible. Extensive references alert readers to more detailed information. Volume III, edited by David Happold, has profiles of 395 species of rodents, comprising the squirrels, dormice, jerboas, blind mole-rats, African root-rats, pouched rats and mice, Swamp Mouse, climbing mice, fat mice, White-tailed Rat, rock mice, voles, Maned Rat, spiny mice, brush-furred mice, gerbils, jirds, taterils, African Forest Mouse, rats and mice, vlei rats, whistling rats, anomalures, springhares, gundis, African mole-rats, porcupines, Noki (Dassie Rat), cane rats and Coypu. The volume concludes with 13 species of hares and rabbits.
Evolution Of African Mammals
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Author : Vincent J. Maglio
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Evolution Of African Mammals written by Vincent J. Maglio and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Nature categories.
Early Cenozoic Mammalian Faunas Fauym Province Egypt
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Author : Elwyn L. Simons
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-10-28
Early Cenozoic Mammalian Faunas Fauym Province Egypt written by Elwyn L. Simons and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-28 with categories.
Excerpt from Early Cenozoic Mammalian Faunas, Fauym Province, Egypt: Part I, African Oligocene Mammals; Introduction, History of Study and Faunal Succession; Part II, the African Oligocene Rodentia The vertebrate microfaunas described in this paper have been recovered as a result of six seasons of paleontological exploration in the upper Eocene and Oligocene badlands exposures of the Fayum Province, a project initiated and directed by E. L. Simons. The seasonal expeditions took place annually from the winter of 1961 - 62 up to the present This field research has been Supported to date by grants G-18102, P433, and gp-3547 in Geology, National Science Foundation; by Smithsonian Foreign Currency Program grants 5 and 23 by Higgins and Sheffield scientific funds from Yale University; the John T. Doneghy Fund, Peabody Museum, Yale University; the Boise Fund of Oxford University; and the Wenner - Gren Foundation of New York. This Bulletin has been published with the aid of a National Science Foundation Publication Grant, No. Gn-528. Our expeditions have been greatly facilitated by personnel and equipment provided by the Ministry of Industry, (department of Geological and Mineralogical Research, and through the Geological Museum, Cairo), and by the Department of Geology, Cairo University. Other field equip ment and assistance has also been provided on occasion by the Pan American u.a.r. Oil Company, Cairo, u.a.r. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Mammals Of Africa Volume I
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Author : Jonathan Kingdon
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-11-20
Mammals Of Africa Volume I written by Jonathan Kingdon and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-20 with Nature categories.
Mammals of Africa (MoA) is a series of six volumes which describes, in detail, every currently recognized species of African land mammal. This is the first time that such extensive coverage has ever been attempted, and the volumes incorporate the very latest information and detailed discussion of the morphology, distribution, biology and evolution (including reference to fossil and molecular data) of Africa's mammals. With more than 1,160 species and 16-18 orders, Africa has the greatest diversity and abundance of mammals in the world. The reasons for this and the mechanisms behind their evolution are given special attention in the series. Each volume follows the same format, with detailed profiles of every species and higher taxa. The series includes hundreds of colour illustrations and pencil drawings by Jonathan Kingdon highlighting the morphology and behaviour of the species concerned, as well as line drawings of skulls and jaws by Jonathan Kingdon and Meredith Happold. Every species also includes a detailed distribution map. Edited by Jonathan Kingdon, David Happold, Tom Butynski, Mike Hoffmann, Meredith Happold and Jan Kalina, and written by more than 350 authors, all experts in their fields, Mammals of Africa is as comprehensive a compendium of current knowledge as is possible. Extensive references alert readers to more detailed information. This first volume in the series comprises eight introductory chapters covering topics such as evolution, geography and geology, biotic zones, classification, behaviour and morphology. The rest of the book is devoted to the Afrotheria, a grouping that comprises six orders and 49 species; these are the hyraxes, elephants, manatees, otter-shrews, golden-moles, sengis (elephant-shrews) and Aardvark.
East African Mammals
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Author : Jonathan Kingdon
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1988-12-29
East African Mammals written by Jonathan Kingdon and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-12-29 with Nature categories.
Acclaimed and coveted by both naturalists and lovers of wildlife illustration, Jonathan Kingdon's seven-volume East African Mammals has become a classic of modern natural history. This paperback edition makes Kingdon's remarkable artistic and scientific achievement—his hundreds of drawings and perceptive study of all the mammals in East Africa's species-rich fauna—available to the wide audience it deserves. Volume IIIB celebrates the large mammals for which the African plains are so famous—elephants, rhinos, zebras, bushpigs, and warthogs, hippopotamuses, camels, chevrotains, giraffes. Kingdon brings his artist's eye to such puzzles as the zebra's stripes and the giraffe's spots, making original observations throughout the seven volumes about the evolutionary and functional significance of coat color, facial expressions, and curious forms and markings. The beauty of the animals, so vivid in these incomparable drawings, is made more poignant by the acknowledgment of their increasingly endangered status. Kingdon discusses the inevitable problems posed by large mammal communities in a developing continent and includes numerous maps indicating their declining ranges and populations.
The Cenozoic Era
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Author : Britannica Educational Publishing
language : en
Publisher: Britannica Educational Publishing
Release Date : 2010-04-01
The Cenozoic Era written by Britannica Educational Publishing and has been published by Britannica Educational Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Its constant evolution over the millennia since its inception has made the Earth a dynamic entity, subject to numerous climactic and environmental forces that are forever changing this planet. In its most recent stage, the planet has seen an incredible diversification in plant and animal life, with the most prominent development of the Cenozoic era being the emergence of mammals. This book examines our most immediate ancestors and the geologic, geographic, and environmental factors that helped make their primacy inevitable.
Evolution Of Cenozoic Land Mammal Faunas And Ecosystems
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Author : Isaac Casanovas-Vilar
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-09-09
Evolution Of Cenozoic Land Mammal Faunas And Ecosystems written by Isaac Casanovas-Vilar and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-09 with Science categories.
This volume presents an array of different case studies which take as primary material data sourced from the NOW (‘New and Old Worlds’) database of fossil mammals. The NOW database was one of the very first large paleobiological databases, and since 1996 it has been expanded from including mainly Neogene European land mammals to cover the entire Cenozoic at a global scale. In the last two decades the number of works that are based in the use of huge databases to explore ecological and evolutionary questions has increased exponentially, and even though the importance of big data in paleobiological research has been outlined in selected chapters of general works, no volume has appeared before this one which solely focuses on the databases as a primary source in reconstructing the past. The purpose of this book is to provide an illustrative volume showing the importance of big data in paleobiological research, and presenting a broad array of unpublished examples and case studies. The book is mainly aimed to professional palaeobiologists working with Cenozoic land mammals, but the scope of the book is broad enough to fit the interest for evolutionary biologists, paleoclimatologists and paleoecologists. The volume is divided in four parts. The first part includes two chapters on the development of large paleobiological databases, providing a first-hand account on the logic and the functioning of these databases. This is a much-needed perspective which is ignored by most researchers and users of such databases and, even if centered in the NOW database, the lessons that can be learned from this part can be extended to other examples. After this introductory part, the body of the book follows and is divided into three parts: patterns in regional faunas; large scale patterns and processes; and ecological, biogeographical and evolutionary patterns of key taxa. Each chapter is written by well-known specialists in the field, with some participation of members of the NOW advisory board. The array of selected mammal taxa ranges from carnivores, equids, ruminants and rodents to the genus Homo. The topics studied also include the diversification and radiation of major clades, large-scale paleobiogeographical patterns, the evolution of ecomorphological patterns and paleobiological problems such as evolution of body size or species longevity. In most cases the results are discussed in relation to protracted environmental or paleogeographic changes.