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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書誌詳細
第一著者: Kielan-Jaworowska, Zofia
その他の著者: Cifelli, Richard, Luo, Zhe-Xi
フォーマット: Licensed eBooks
言語:英語
出版事項: New York ; Chichester : Columbia University Press 2004.
オンライン・アクセス:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/kiel11918
目次:
  • 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.