TY  - BOOK
AU  - Prothero,Donald R.
ED  - Credo Reference (Firm),
TI  - The Princeton field guide to prehistoric mammals
T2  - Princeton field guides
AV  - QE881 .P767 2016
U1  - 569 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Princeton, New Jersey
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Mammals, Fossil
KW  - Pictorial works
KW  - Extinct mammals
KW  - Paleontology
KW  - Cenozoic
KW  - Mammals
KW  - Evolution
KW  - Phylogeny
N1  - 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; Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
N2  - 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
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