Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America - Janis, Christine M. / Scott, Kathleen M. / Jacobs, Louis L. (eds.)
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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.
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…mehr

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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.

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.

Table of content:
Preface Christine M. Janis; Introduction Christine M. Janis; Section 1. Overview of Context for the Evolution of North American Tertiary Mammals: 1. The chronological, climatic, and paleogeographic background to North American mammalian evolution Donald R. Prothero; 2. Tertiary vegetation of North America as a context for mammalian evolution Scott L. Wing; 3. The pleistocene terrestrial mammal fauna of North America Russell Wm Graham; Section 2. Carnivorous Mammals: 4. Carnivorous mammals Christine M. Janis, Jon A. Baskin, Annalisa Berta, John J. Flynn, Gregg F. Gunnell, Robert M. Hunt Jr, Larry D. Martin, and Kathleen Munthe; 5. Creodonta Gregg F. Gunnell; 6. Early cenozoic carnivora ('Miacoidea') John J. Flynn; 7. Canidae Kathleen Munthe; 8. Procyonidae Jon A. Baskin; 9: Mustelidae Jon A. Baskin; 10. Ursidae Robert M. Hunt Jr; 11. Amphicyonidae Robert M. Hunt Jr; 12. Nimravidae Larry D. Martin; 13. Felidae Larry D. Martin; 14. Hyaenidae Annalisa Berta; Section 3. Archaic Ungulates and Ungulatelike Mammals: 15. Archaic ungulates and ungulatelike mammals Christine M. Janis, J. David Archibald, Richard L. Cifelli, Spencer G. Lucas, Charles R. Schaff, Robert M. Schoch, and Thomas E. Williamson; 16. Taeniodonta Spencer G. Lucas, Robert M. Schoch, and Thomas E. Williamson; 17. Tillodonta Spencer G. Lucas, and Robert M. Schoch; 18. Pantodonta Spencer G. Lucas; 19. Dinocerata Spencer G. Lucas, Robert M. Schoch; 20. Archaicungulates ('Condylarthra') J. David Archibald; 21. Arctostylopida Richard L. Cifelli, and Charles R. Schaff; Section 4. Artiodactyla: 22. Artiodactyla Christine M. Janis, Mary Ellen Ahearn, James A. Effinger, Jessica A. Harrison, James G. Honey, Donald G. Kron, Bruce Lander, Earl Manning, Donald R. Prothero, Margaret S. Stevens, Richard K. Stucky, S. David Webb, and David B. Wright; 23. Eocene bunodont and Bunoselenodont artiodactyla/('Dichobunids') Richard K. Stucky; 24. Entelodontidae James A. Effinger; 25. Anthracotheriidae Donald G. Kron, and Earl Manning; 26. Tayassuidae David B. Wright; 27. Oreodontoidea Bruce Lander; 28. Oromerycidae Donald R. Prothero; 29. Protoceratidae Donald R. Prothero; 30. Camelidae J. G. Honey, J. A. Harrison, D. R. Prothero, and M. S. Stevens; 31. Hornless ruminants S. David Webb; 32. Dromomerycidae Christine M. Janis, and Earl Manning; 33. Antilocapridae Christine M. Janis, Earl Manning, Mary Ellen Ahearn; 34. Cervidae and bovidae S. David Webb; Section 5. Perissodactyla and proboscidea: 35. Perissodactyla and proboscidea Christine M. Janis, Matthew W. Colbert, Margery C. Coombs, W. David Lambert, Bruce J. Macfadden, Bryn J. Mader, Donald R. Prothero, Robert M. Schoch, Jeheskel Shoshani, and William P. Wall; 36. Brontotheriidae Bryn J. Mader; 37. Equidae Bruce J. Macfadden; 38. Chalicotherioidea Margery C. Coombs; 39. Tapiroidea and other moropomorphs M. W. Colbert, and Robert M. Schoch; 40. Amynodontidae William P. Wall; 41. Hyracodontidae Donald R. Prothero; 42. Rhinocerotidae Donald R. Prothero; 43. Proboscidea W. David Lambert, and Jeheskel Shoshani; Section 6. Eutheria Incertae Sedis: 44. Eutheria incertae sedis: Mingotherium and Idiogenomys, with editor's appendix on other problematical taxa Spencer G. Lucas, and Robert M. Schoch; Appendix I. Tertiary mammal localities; Appendix II. References for locality listings; Appendix III. References for locality listings; Index.
Autorenporträt
Christine Janis is Professor of Biology in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Brown University. She is on the editorial board of Journal of Mammalian Evolution and Acta Paleontologica Polonica, Associate Editor for the journal Evolution. Professor Janis was also editor-in-chief for Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate like Mammals (Cambridge University Press 1998).
Gregg Gunnell is Associate Research Scientist in the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan. He is Associate Editor for the journal Palaois, Past Associate Editor for Journal of Human Evolution, and a Member of the Society for Vertebrate Paleontology, the Paleontological Society, and the American Society of Mammalogists.
Mark Uhen is Head of Research and Collections and Curator of Paleontology and Zoology at the Cranbrook Institute of Science. He is a Research Associate in the Department of Paleobiology at the US National Museum of Natural History, Chair of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Patterson Award Committee, and a member of the Advisory Board and the Vertebrate Working Group for the Paleobiology Database.
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'Janis' editorial capacities are to be commended for achieving a large degree of organisational consistency. The editors deserve credit for forcing taxonomic studies to this degree of standardization and these tables will provide prime input data for the study of patterns of faunal evolution.' Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology