Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Mammals of North America: Biostratigraphy and Geochronology
MO Woodburne
This book places into modern context the information by which North American mammalian paleontologists recognize, divide, calibrate, and discuss intervals of mammalian evolution known as North American Land Mammal Ages. It incorporates new information on the systematic biology of the fossil record and utilizes the many recent advances in geochronologic methods and their results. The book describes the increasingly highly resolved stratigraphy into which all available temporally significant data and applications are integrated. Extensive temporal coverage includes the Lancian part of the Late Cretaceous, and geographical coverage includes information from Mexico, an integral part of the North American fauna, past and present.
Anno:
2004
Casa editrice:
Columbia University Press
Lingua:
english
Pagine:
413
ISBN 10:
0231503784
ISBN 13:
9780231503785
File:
PDF, 8.35 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2004