Mammals from the age of dinosaurs : origins, evolution, and structure /

The fossil record on Mesozoic mammals has expanded by orders of magnitude over the past quarter century. New specimens, some of them breathtakingly complete, have been found in nearly all parts of the globe at a rapid pace. Coupled with the application of new scientific approaches and techniques, th...

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Hovedforfatter: Kielan-Jaworowska, Zofia
Andre forfattere: Cifelli, Richard, Luo, Zhe-Xi
Format: Licensed eBooks
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: New York ; Chichester : Columbia University Press 2004.
Online adgang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/kiel11918
Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Distribution: Mesozoic Mammals in Space and Time
  • 3. Origin of Mammals
  • 4. The Earliest-Known Stem Mammals
  • 5. Docodontans
  • 6. Australosphenidans and Shuotherium
  • 7. Eutriconodontans
  • 8. Allotherians
  • 9. "Symmetrodontans"
  • 10. "Eupantotherians" (Stem Cladotherians)
  • 11. "Tribotherians" (Stem Boreosphenidans)
  • 12. Metatherians
  • 13. Eutherians
  • 14. Gondwanatherians
  • 15. Interrelationships of Mesozoic Mammals
  • APPENDIX
  • REFERENCES
  • ADDITIONAL REFERENCES
  • ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
  • INDEX.