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Richard A.Fariña is Professor of Paleontology at the Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay. He has also published science books for a general readership and collaborated in TV documentaries on the subjects of his expertise.
Sergio F. Vizcaíno is Professor of Vertebrate Zoology at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata and researcher of the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas working at the Museo de La Plata, Argentina. His research focuses on the paleobiology of South American fossil vertebrates, mostly mammals. He has participated in numerous field work seasons in Argentina and Antarctica. He was the President of the Asociación Paleontologica Argentina.
Gerry De Iuliis is affiliated with the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto.
Prologue
1. Paleontology and Science: What is Science?
2. Distinguished Paleomammalogists
3. Geologic and Ecological History of South America During the Cenozoic Era
4. North American Late Cenozoic Faunas
5. The Great American Biotic Interchange and Pleistocene Habitats in South America
6. Bestiary
7. Physics of the Giants
8. General Paleoecology
9. Extinction
Appendix 1: A Primer on Skeletal Anatomy
Appendix 2: Skeletal Anatomy of Xenarthrans
Appendix 3: Equations Used to Estimate Body Masses Based on Dental and Skeletal Measurements and Their Respective Sources.
Appendix 4: Calculations
References
Index
Empfohlen (von): | 18 |
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Erscheinungsjahr: | 2013 |
Fachbereich: | Zoologie |
Genre: | Biologie, Importe |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Medium: | Buch |
Inhalt: | Einband - fest (Hardcover) |
ISBN-13: | 9780253002303 |
ISBN-10: | 0253002303 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: |
Fariña, Richard A
Vizcaíno, Sergio F De Iuliis, Gerry |
Illustrator: | Tambusso, Sebastián |
Hersteller: | Indiana University Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 286 x 221 x 33 mm |
Von/Mit: | Richard A Fariña (u. a.) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 22.05.2013 |
Gewicht: | 1,96 kg |
Richard A.Fariña is Professor of Paleontology at the Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay. He has also published science books for a general readership and collaborated in TV documentaries on the subjects of his expertise.
Sergio F. Vizcaíno is Professor of Vertebrate Zoology at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata and researcher of the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas working at the Museo de La Plata, Argentina. His research focuses on the paleobiology of South American fossil vertebrates, mostly mammals. He has participated in numerous field work seasons in Argentina and Antarctica. He was the President of the Asociación Paleontologica Argentina.
Gerry De Iuliis is affiliated with the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto.
Prologue
1. Paleontology and Science: What is Science?
2. Distinguished Paleomammalogists
3. Geologic and Ecological History of South America During the Cenozoic Era
4. North American Late Cenozoic Faunas
5. The Great American Biotic Interchange and Pleistocene Habitats in South America
6. Bestiary
7. Physics of the Giants
8. General Paleoecology
9. Extinction
Appendix 1: A Primer on Skeletal Anatomy
Appendix 2: Skeletal Anatomy of Xenarthrans
Appendix 3: Equations Used to Estimate Body Masses Based on Dental and Skeletal Measurements and Their Respective Sources.
Appendix 4: Calculations
References
Index
Empfohlen (von): | 18 |
---|---|
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2013 |
Fachbereich: | Zoologie |
Genre: | Biologie, Importe |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Medium: | Buch |
Inhalt: | Einband - fest (Hardcover) |
ISBN-13: | 9780253002303 |
ISBN-10: | 0253002303 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: |
Fariña, Richard A
Vizcaíno, Sergio F De Iuliis, Gerry |
Illustrator: | Tambusso, Sebastián |
Hersteller: | Indiana University Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 286 x 221 x 33 mm |
Von/Mit: | Richard A Fariña (u. a.) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 22.05.2013 |
Gewicht: | 1,96 kg |