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Paleontology and geology of Laetoli : human evolution in context / edited by Terry Harrison.
Van Pelt Library QE740 .P35 2011 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology
- Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paleontology--Pliocene.
- Paleontology.
- Paleontology--Tanzania--Laetoli Site.
- Geology, Stratigraphic--Pliocene.
- Geology, Stratigraphic.
- Geology--Tanzania--Laetoli Site.
- Geology.
- Fossil hominids--Tanzania--Laetoli Site.
- Fossil hominids.
- Human evolution--Africa.
- Human evolution.
- Animal remains (Archaeology)--Tanzania--Laetoli Site.
- Animal remains (Archaeology).
- Paleoecology--Pliocene.
- Paleoecology.
- Paleoecology--Tanzania--Laetoli Site.
- Laetoli Site (Tanzania).
- Tanzania--Laetoli Site.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, [2011]
- Contents:
- v. 1. Geology, geochronology, paleoecology, and paleoenvironment
- v. 2. Fossil hominins and the associated fauna.
- v. 1. Laetoli revisited : renewed paleontological and geological investigations at localities on the Eyasi Plateau in northern Tanzania / Terry Harrison
- Paleontological localities on the Eyasi Plateau, including Laetoli / Terry Harrison and Amandus Kweka
- Sedimentology, lithostratigraphy and depositional history of the Laetoli area / Peter Ditchfield and Terry Harrison
- ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating of Laetoli, Tanzania / Alan L. Deino
- Petrology, geochemistry and age of Satiman, Lemagurut and Oldeani : sources of the volcanic deposits of the Laetoli area / Godwin F. Mollel ... [et al.]
- Geochemistry and mineralogy of Laetoli area tuffs : Lower Laetolil through Naibadad Beds / Lindsay J. McHenry
- Geochemical and mineralogic characterization of Middle Stone Age tools of Laetoli, Tanzania, and comparisons with possible source materials / Katherine A. Adelsberger ... [et al.]
- The ecology and biogeography of the Endulen-Laetoli area in northern Tanzania / Peter Andrews ... [et al.]
- Phytoliths and pollen, the microscopic plant remains in Pliocene volcanic sediments around Laetoli, Tanzania / Lloyd Rossouw and Louis Scott
- Fossil woods / Marion K. Bamford
- Fossil leaves, fruits and seeds / Marion K. Bamford
- Serengeti micromammal communities and the paleoecology of Laetoli, Tanzania / Denné N. Reed
- The taphonomy and paleoenvironmental implications of the Laetoli micromammals / Denné N. Reed and Christiane Denys
- Coprolites : taphonomic and paleoecological implications / Terry Harrison
- Stable isotopic analyses of Laetoli fossil herbivores / John D. Kingston
- Feeding ecology and niche partitioning of the Laetoli ungulate faunas / Thomas M. Kaiser
- Paleoenvironments of Laetoli, Tanzania as determined by antelope habitat preferences / Laura C. Bishop ... [et al.]
- Environmental change within the Laetoli fossiliferous sequence : vegetation catenas and bovid ecomorphology / Kris Kovarovic and Peter Andrews
- Large mammal evidence for the paleoenvironment of the Upper Laetolil and Upper Ndolanya Beds of Laetoli, Tanzania / Denise F. Su.
- v. 2. Introduction : The Laetoli hominins and associated fauna / Terry Harrison
- Rodents / Christiane Denys
- The lower third premolar of Serengetilagus praecapensis (Mammalia: Lagomorpha: Leporidae) from Laetoli, Tanzania / Alisa J. Winkler and Yukimitsu Tomida
- Macroscelidea / Alisa J. Winkler
- Galagidae (Lorisoidea, Primates) / Terry Harrison
- Cercopithecids (Cercopithecidae, Primates) / Terry Harrison
- Hominins from the Upper Laetolil and Upper Ndolanya beds, Laetoli / Terry Harrison
- Carnivora / Lars Werdelin and Reihaneh Dehghani
- Proboscidea / William J. Sanders
- Orycteropodidae / Terry Harrison
- Rhinocerotidae / Elina Hernesniemi ... [et al.]
- Equidae / Miranda Armour-Chelu and Raymond L. Bernor
- Suidae / Laura C. Bishop
- Giraffidae / Chris A. Robinson
- Bovidae / Alan W. Gentry
- Amphibia and Squamata / Jean-Claude Rage and Salvador Bailon
- Tortoises (Chelonii, Testudinidae) / Terry Harrison
- Aves / Antoine Louchart
- Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) / Frank-T. Krell and Wolfgang Schawaller
- Lepidoptera, Insecta / Ian J. Kitching and S. Sadler
- Trace fossils interpreted in relation to the extant termite fauna at Laetoli, Tanzania / Johanna P.E.C. Darlington
- Gastropoda / Peter Tattersfield.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9789048199556
- 9048199557
- 9789048199617
- 9048199611
- OCLC:
- 703280502
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