The Evolution of Artiodactyls - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0801887356 ISBN 13: 9780801887352

Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 2008

Riassunto

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, comprehensive volume. Here Donald R. Prothero, Scott E. Foss, and a team of distinguished international experts 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.

A landmark reference, The Evolution of Artiodactyls belongs in the library of every paleontologist, mammalogist, and evolutionary biologist.

Contributors: Jean-Renaud Boisserie, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle; Edward Byrd Davis, University of Oregon; Stéphane Ducrocq, Université de Poitiers; Jörg Erfurt, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg; Jonathan H. Geisler, Georgia Southern University; Colin P. Groves, Australian National University; John M. Harris, George C. Page Museum; James G. Honey, University of Colorado, Boulder; Christine M. Janis, Brown University; Fabrice Lihoreau, Université de N'Djaména; Matthew R. Liter, Occidental College; Liu Li-Ping, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, China; Joshua A. Ludtke, San Diego State University; Jonathan D. Marcot, University of Colorado Museum; Grégoire Métais, Carnegie Museum of Natural History; Gertrud E. Rössner, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; Nikos Solounias, American Museum of Natural History; James Bowie Stevens and Margaret Skeels Stevens, Lamar University; Jessica M. Theodor, University of Calgary; Mark D. Uhen, Cranbrook Institute of Science; Inessa Vislobokova, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Recensione:

"Scientifically detailed and professionally produced... Highly recommended."

(Choice)

"A solid and valuable resource."

(Maureen A. O'Leary Journal of Mammalian Evolution)

"Without a doubt, for anyone working on artiodactyls this is an essential reference. This is the most up to date collection of work on fossil artiodactyls, including those outside North America, published in decades."

(B.L. Beatty PalArch's Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology)

L'autore:

Donald R. Prothero is a professor of geology at Occidental College and coeditor or author of many books, includingHorns, Tusks, and Flippers: The Evolution of Hoofed Mammals, published by Johns Hopkins;The Evolution of Perissodactyls; and Bringing Fossils to Life: An Introduction to Paleobiology.Scott E. Foss is the Regional Paleontologist for the Bureau of Land Management in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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• Editore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0801887356
• ISBN 13: 9780801887352
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 367
• Redattore: Prothero Donald R., Foss Scott E.