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Author Werdelin, Lars.

Title Cenozoic mammals of Africa / edited by Lars Werdelin and William Joseph Sanders
Published Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2010

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Description xxi, 986 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
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.]
Summary "A truly remarkable volume. Our knowledge of Africa's early mammals has increased so dramatically over the past forty years that I can do no more than express my astonishment. I encourage libraries and scholars to get this work into their library without delay." Richard Leakey, Stony Brook University --
"Here is a magisterial volume of nearly 1,000 pages of densely packed information authored by many of the leading scholars of our time. The book provides excellent summaries of the geological, geographic, climatic, ecological, and chronological settings in which the mammals of Africa have evolved. Anyone with an interest in the origins of humans and other mammals---in their past settings and in the natural communities of which they were part---will be thrilled to read and refer to this superb collaborative effort." Jonathan Kingdon, coeditor of Mammals of Africa --Book Jacket
"This impressively comprehensive volume is a long-awaited and worthy successor to the now outdated 1978 classic, Evolution of African Mammals. A must-have reference work for everyone interested in mammalian evolution." David Pilbeam, Harvard University and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology --
This magnificent volume is a clear and comprehensive review of the African mammalian fossil record over the past 65 million years. Cenozoic Mammals of Africa includes current taxonomic and systematic revisions of all African mammal taxa, detailed compilations of fossil site occurrences, and a wealth of information regarding paleobiology, phylogeny, and biogeography. Primates, including hominins, are particularly well covered. Taking into account the extensive research from the past three decades, it is an essential resource for anyone interested in the evolutionary history of Africa and the diversification of its mammals. --
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Mammals -- Evolution -- Africa -- History.
Mammals, Fossil -- Africa.
Paleontology -- Cenozoic.
Author Sanders, William Joseph.
Werdelin, Lars.
LC no. 2010015034
ISBN 0520257219 (hbk.)
9780520257214 (hbk.)