Cenozoic mammals of Africa / [electronic resource]
Werdelin, Lars.
Sanders, William Joseph.
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press,
2010.
This volume is a clear and comprehensive review of the African mammalian fossil record over the past 65 million years.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical And Temporal Setting: 1. Tectonics and Geomorphology of Africa during the Phanerozoic / Timothy C. Partridge -- 2. Chronology of Paleogene Mammal Localities / Erik R. Seiffert -- 3. Chronology of Neogene Mammal Localities / Lars Werdelin -- 4. Global and African Regional Climate during the Cenozoic / Sarah J. Feakins and Peter B. Demenocal -- 5. A Review of the Cenozoic Vegetation History of Africa / Bonnie F. Jacobs, Aaron D. Pan, and Christopher R. Scotese -- The Fauna: Taxonomic Accounts. PART ONE Metatheria: 6 Marsupialia / Gregg F. Gunnell -- PART TWO. Afrotheria: 7 Ptolemaiida / Gregg F. Gunnell, Philip D. Gingerich, and Patricia A. Holroyd -- 8. Macroscelidea / Patricia A. Holroyd -- 9. Tenrecoidea / Robert J. Asher -- 10. Tubulidentata / Patricia A. Holroyd -- 11. Bibymalagasia (Mammalia Incertae Sedis) / Lars Werdelin -- 12. Embrithopoda / William J. Sanders, D. Tab Rasmussen, John Kappelman -- 13. Hyracoidea / D. Tab Rasmussen, Mercedes Gutiérrez -- 
14. Sirenia / Daryl P. Domning, Iyad S. Zalmout, and Philip D. Gingerich -- 15. Proboscidea / William J. Sanders ... [et al.] -- 16. Paleogene "Insectivores" / Erik R. Seiffert -- PART THREE. Euarchontoglires. 17. Rodentia / Alisa J. Winkler, Christiane Denys, and D. Margaret T. Avery -- 18. Lagomorpha / Alisa J. Winkler and D. Margaret Avery -- 19. Paleogene prosimians / Marc Godinot -- 20. Later tertiary lorisiformes -- 21. Subfossil Lemurs of Madagascar / Laurie R. Godfrey, William L. Jungers, and David A. Burney -- 22. Paleogene anthropoids / Erik R. Seiffert ... [et al.] -- 23. Cercopithecoidea / Nina G. Jablonski and Stephen Frost -- 24. Dendropithecoidea, proconsuloidea, and hominoidea / Terry Harrison -- 25. Hominini / Laura M. Maclatchy ... [et al.] -- PART FOUR. Laurasiatheria. 26. Creodonta / Margaret E. Lewis and Michael Morlo -- 27. Prionogalidae (Mammalia Incertae Sedis) / Lars Werdelin and Susanne M. Cote -- 
28. Primitive ungulates ("condylarthra" and stem paenungulata) / Emmanuel Gheerbrant -- 29. Neogene insectivora / Percy M. Butler -- 30. Chiroptera / Gregg F. Gunnell -- 31. Pholidota / Timothy J. Gaudin -- 32. Carnivora / Lars Werdelin and Stéphane Peigné -- 33. Chalicotheriidae / Margery C. Coombs and Susanne M. Cote -- 34. Rhinocerotidae / Denis Geraads -- 35. Equidae / Raymond L. Bernor ... [et al.] -- 36. Tragulidae / Denis Geraads -- 37. Pecora Incertae Sedis / Susanne M. Cote -- 38. Bovidae / Alan W. Gentry -- 39. Giraffoidea / John M. Harris, Nikos Solounias, and Denis Geraads -- 40. Cervidae / Alan W. Gentry -- 41. Camelidae / John M. Harris, Denis Geraads, and Nikos Solounias -- 42. Suoidea / Laura C. Bishop -- 43. Anthracotheriidae / Patricia A. Holroyd ... [et al.] -- 44. Hippopotamidae / Eleanor Weston and Jean-Renaud Boisserie -- 
45. Cetacea / Philip D. Gingerich. Broader perspectives. 46. Systematics of endemic African mammals / Robert J. Asher and Erik R. Seiffert -- 47. Mammal species richness in Africa / Peter Andrews and Eileen M. O'Brien -- 48. Stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in East African mammals: modern and fossil / Thure E. Cerling ... [et al.].
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This volume is a clear and comprehensive review of the African mammalian fossil record over the past 65 million years.
Description based on print version record.
Mammals, Fossil
Paleontology
Mammals
Mammals, Fossil
Paleontology
Mammals
Geology
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Paleozoology