The Princeton field guide to prehistoric mammals / Donald R. Prothero ; with illustrations by Mary Persis Williams.
Series: Princeton field guidesPublisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2017Edition: [Enhanced Credo edition]Description: 1 online resource (96 entries) : 226 images ; digital filesContent type:- still image
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- 9781786841919
- Field guide to prehistoric mammals
- Prehistoric mammals
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- QE881 .P767 2016
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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.
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.