The Rise of Mammals: The Paleocene & Eocene Epochs: The Paleocene and Eocene Epochs

Holmes, Thom

ISBN 10: 0816059632 ISBN 13: 9780816059638

Casa editrice: Chelsea House Pub, 2009

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Each title in this comprehensive reference series highlights fundamental principles of scientific inquiry and provides insight into dinosaurs and other fascinating prehistoric creatures, including mammals, birds, flying reptiles, ocean life, and human ancestors.

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The Paleocene epoch was a time of recovery for mammals and birds, survivors of the Mesozoic era. As the Earth continued to change as the continents drifted further apart, it was a world of evolutionary experiments, as birds and mammals each found ways to fill the ecological gaps left vacant by the disappearance of the dinosaurs. "The Rise of Mammals" details the pattern of bird and mammal evolution prior to the Cenozoic era as well as the critical first 10-million-year span of the Cenozoic known as the Paleocene epoch, during which mammals and birds rapidly adapted to the new ecological conditions. By the end of the Paleocene epoch, the roots of most modern birds and mammal families had been set, forging a series of divergent and specialized paths that continue to radiate some 55 million years later.

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• Editore: Chelsea House Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0816059632
• ISBN 13: 9780816059638
• Rilegatura: Rilegatura all'americana
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 163