Eocene Biodiversity: Unusual Occurrences and Rarely Sampled Habitats

Book Overview

Initially, this work was designed to document and study the diversification of modern mammalian groups and was quite successful and satisfying. However, as field and laboratory work continued, there began to develop a suspicion that not all of the Eocene story was being told. It became apparent that most fossil samples, especially those from the American West, were derived from similar preservational circumstances and similar depositional settings...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306465280
• ISBN13: 9780306465284
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 2.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.4" x 9.6"