Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 1, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate Like MammalsChristine M. Janis, Kathleen M. Scott, Louis L. Jacobs This book is a unique compendium and synthesis of the cumulative knowledge of more than 100 years of discovery and study of North American tertiary mammals. The potentially most valuable contribution of this book is the detailed information of the distribution in time and space of each species at fossil localities, recorded in a uniform scheme, so that each chapter provides the same level of information. Thirty six chapters are devoted to a particular family or order, written by leading North American authorities, including discussion of anatomical features, systematics, and paleobiology. Three introductory chapters summarize information on the geological time scale, Tertiary vegetation, and Pleistocene events, and four summary chapters integrate systematic and biogeographic information for higher taxa. This book will serve as a unique data base for continuing studies in faunal diversification and change, and for questions such as how changing biogeography and climates influenced the evolution of mammalian communities. It will be an invaluable addition to the libraries of paleontologists and zoologists. |
Contents
Overview of context for the evolution | 9 |
27 | 11 |
3 | 45 |
The Pleistocene terrestrial mammal fauna | 66 |
Carnivorous mammals | 73 |
GREGG F GUNNELL | 91 |
Early Cenozoic Carnivora Miacoidea | 110 |
7 | 122 |
Eocene bunodont and bunoselenodont Artiodactyla | 358 |
11 | 372 |
28 | 420 |
37 | 512 |
29 | 554 |
30 | 561 |
Amynodontidae | 583 |
32 | 595 |
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absent American Museum AMNH amphicyonids Arikareean artiodactyls Average length Barstovian Basin Blancan brontotheres Bulletin California camelids canids canines carnassial carnivores Cenozoic Chadronian Characteristics cheek teeth cingulum clade Clarendonian Cope crest dental dentition diversity early Miocene elongate entoconid Eocene evolution extinct Falkenbach fauna Figure Formation fossa fossil Frick Gazin genera genus Geological Gingerich Hemingfordian Hemphillian horns hypocone hypoconid hypsodont Included species Journal known from localities late Miocene Leidy length of m2 lingual lower molars Mammalia mammals mandible Matthew mesostyle metacone metaconid metaconule metapodials middle Eocene Miocene molars morphology Museum of Natural mustelids Natural History Nebraska nimravids North America Oligocene oreodonts Paleocene Paleontology pantodonts paracone paraconid parastyle perissodactyls phylogeny Pleistocene Pliocene postcranial posterior posteriorly premolars primitive Prothero protocone protoconid reduced relatively Schultz and Falkenbach skull subfamily synonyms talonid taxa taxon tayassuids Tedford Tertiary trigonid Type species Type specimen Uintan ungulates upper molars ursids Vertebrate Wasatchian Webb Wyoming