Cenozoic mammals of Africa / edited by Lars Werdelin and William Joseph Sanders. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Werdelin/Sanders, Author.

Contributor:

Werdelin, Lars.

Sanders, William Joseph.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mammals, Fossil--Africa.

Paleontology--Cenozoic.

Mammals--Evolution--Africa--History.

Mammals, Fossil--History--Evolution--Cenozoic--Africa.

Paleontology--Africa.

Mammals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 986 p. ) ill., maps ;

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume is a clear and comprehensive review of the African mammalian fossil record over the past 65 million years.

Contents:

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.].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-520-94542-5