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    The Princeton field guide to prehistoric mammals / Donald R. Prothero ; with illustrations by Mary Persis Williams.

    By: Prothero, Donald R [author.]Contributor(s): Williams, Mary Persis [illustrator.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780691156828; 0691156824Other title: Field guide to prehistoric mammals | Prehistoric mammalsSubject(s): Mammals, Fossil | Mammals, Fossil -- Pictorial works | Extinct mammals | Extinct mammals -- Pictorial works | Paleontology -- Cenozoic | Mammals -- Evolution | Mammals -- Phylogeny | Cenozoic Geologic Period | Extinct mammals | Mammals -- Evolution | Mammals, Fossil | Mammals -- Phylogeny | Paleontology | NATURE / Animals / Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures | NATURE / Animals / Mammals | SCIENCE / Natural History | Mammals. -- Evolution | Mammals. -- Phylogeny | From 65 million years agoGenre/Form: Illustrated works. | Pictorial works. | Illustrated works.DDC classification: 569 LOC classification: QE881 | .P767 2017Other classification: NAT007000 | NAT019000 | SCI100000 | SCI060000 | SCI054000
    Contents:
    age of mammals -- origin and early evolution of mammals -- Marsupials : pouched mammals -- Placental mammals (Eutheria) -- Xenarthra : sloths, anteaters, and armadillos -- Afrotheria : elephants, hyraxes, sea cows, aardvarks, and their relatives -- Euarchontoglires : Euarchonta. Primates, tree shrews, and colugos -- Euarchontoglires : Glires. Rodents and lagomorphs -- Laurasiatheria : insectivores. Order Eulipotyphla and other insectivorous mammals -- Laurasiatheria : Chiroptera. Bats -- Laurasiatheria : Pholidota. Pangolins, or "scaly anteaters" -- Laurasiatheria : Carnivora and Creodonta. Predatory mammals -- Laurasiatheria : Ungulata. Hoofed mammals and their relatives -- Laurasiatheria : Artiodactyla. "Even-toed" hoofed mammals : pigs, hippos, whales, camels, ruminants, and their extinct relatives -- Laurasiatheria : Perissodactyla. "Odd-toed" hoofed mammals : horses, rhinos, tapirs, and their extinct relatives -- Laurasiatheria : Meridiungulata. South American hoofed mammals -- Uintatheres, pantodonts, taeniodonts, and tillodonts -- Mammalian evolution and extinction.
    Summary: After the mass extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, mammals became the dominant terrestrial life form on our planet. Roaming the earth were spectacular beasts such as saber-toothed cats, giant mastodonts, immense ground sloths, and gigantic giraffe-like rhinoceroses. This book is an illustrated field guide to the lost world of these prehistoric creatures. It covers all the main groups of fossil mammals, discussing taxonomy and evolutionary history, and providing concise accounts of the better-known genera and species as well as an up-to-date family tree for each group. Illustrated throughout with full-color reconstructions and photographs of fossils from around the world.
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-233) and index.

    1. The age of mammals -- 2. The origin and early evolution of mammals -- 3. Marsupials : pouched mammals -- 4. Placental mammals (Eutheria) -- 5. Xenarthra : sloths, anteaters, and armadillos -- 6. Afrotheria : elephants, hyraxes, sea cows, aardvarks, and their relatives -- 7. Euarchontoglires : Euarchonta. Primates, tree shrews, and colugos -- 8. Euarchontoglires : Glires. Rodents and lagomorphs -- 9. Laurasiatheria : insectivores. Order Eulipotyphla and other insectivorous mammals -- 10. Laurasiatheria : Chiroptera. Bats -- 11. Laurasiatheria : Pholidota. Pangolins, or "scaly anteaters" -- 12. Laurasiatheria : Carnivora and Creodonta. Predatory mammals -- 13. Laurasiatheria : Ungulata. Hoofed mammals and their relatives -- 14. Laurasiatheria : Artiodactyla. "Even-toed" hoofed mammals : pigs, hippos, whales, camels, ruminants, and their extinct relatives -- 15. Laurasiatheria : Perissodactyla. "Odd-toed" hoofed mammals : horses, rhinos, tapirs, and their extinct relatives -- 16. Laurasiatheria : Meridiungulata. South American hoofed mammals -- 17. Uintatheres, pantodonts, taeniodonts, and tillodonts -- 18. Mammalian evolution and extinction.

    After the mass extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, mammals became the dominant terrestrial life form on our planet. Roaming the earth were spectacular beasts such as saber-toothed cats, giant mastodonts, immense ground sloths, and gigantic giraffe-like rhinoceroses. This book is an illustrated field guide to the lost world of these prehistoric creatures. It covers all the main groups of fossil mammals, discussing taxonomy and evolutionary history, and providing concise accounts of the better-known genera and species as well as an up-to-date family tree for each group. Illustrated throughout with full-color reconstructions and photographs of fossils from around the world.

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