Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 1, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate Like Mammals

Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 1, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate Like Mammals
Author: Christine M. Janis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 712
Release: 1998-05-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521355193

This book is designed as a source and reference for people interested in the history and fossil record of North American tertiary mammals. Each chapter covers a different family or order, and includes information on anatomical features, systematics, the distribution of the genera and species at different fossil localities, and a discussion of their paleobiology. Many of these groups have never been covered in this fashion before.

Biographical Memoirs

Biographical Memoirs
Author: Office of the Home Secretary
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 446
Release: 1975-02-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0309022401

Biographic Memoirs Volume 46 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works. Each biographical essay was written by a member of the Academy familiar with the professional career of the deceased. For historical and bibliographical purposes, these volumes are worth returning to time and again.

The Evolution of Artiodactyls

The Evolution of Artiodactyls
Author: Donald R. Prothero
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2007-12-17
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0801887356

Artiodactyls are diverse and successful hoofed mammals, represented by nearly two hundred living species of pigs, peccaries, hippos, camels, deer, sheep, cattle, giraffes, and other even-toed ungulates. In the recent years, a tremendous amount of research has been conducted on this important order. The Evolution of Artiodactyls synthesizes this research into a single volume. The authors explore a variety of topics, including molecular phylogeny of terrestrial artiodactyls phylogenetic relationships of cetaceans to terrestrial artiodactyls, and the earliest artiodactyls—Diacodexidae, Dichobunidae, Homacodontidae, Leptochoeridae, and Raoellidae.

The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey

The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey
Author: Christopher Beard
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2004-12-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0520233697

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