In pursuit of early mammals

In pursuit of early mammals / Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska.

This book presents the history of the mammals that lived during the Mesozoic era - the time when dinosaurs ruled the Earth - and describes their origins, anatomy, systematics, paleobiology, and distribution. It also tells the story of the author, a world-renowned specialist on these animals, and the...

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Main Author: Kielan-Jaworowska, Zofia (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Series:Life of the past.
Subjects:
Boyimbo, François 'Gobi'
From 65 to 230 million years ago
Paleontology > Mesozoic.
Mammals, Fossil.
Archaeological expeditions.
Life sciences.
Mammals.
Paleontology.
Science.
Zoology.
Electronic books.
biological sciences.
Mammalia (class)
paleontology.
science (modern discipline)
zoology.
e-books.
NATURE > Fossils.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals.
Archaeological expeditions
Mammals, Fossil
Mesozoic Geologic Period
Paleontology
Ausgrabung
Fossile Säugetiere
Mesozoikum
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Methods : collecting materials and establishing relationships
  • Paleontological exploration of Mongolia by American, Japanese, Soviet, and Russian expeditions, including the Mongolian Academy/American Museum and Mongolia/Japan joint expeditions
  • The Polish-Mongolian Paleontological Expeditions, 1963-1971, and the Nomadic Expedition, 2002
  • Origins of mammals and the earliest representatives of mammaliaforms and mammals
  • Haramiyidans and probable related forms
  • Docodontans
  • Eutriconodontans
  • Monotremes and the issue of Australosphenida and Tribosphenida
  • Multituberculates and gondwanatherians
  • "Symmetrodontans"
  • "Eupantotherians" and the origin of tribosphenic and pseudotribosphenic molars
  • Tribotheria, Metatheria, and the issue of the Deltatheroida
  • Eutherian and placental mammals
  • Aspects of paleobiology of mammaliaforms and early mammals
  • Diversification of mammaliaforms and Mesozoic mammals : a summary.

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