Morphological Change in Quaternary Mammals of North America

by Robert A. Martin

Book Overview

This book examines case studies of North American Quaternary mammalian evolution within the larger domain of modern evolutionary theory. It presents previously unpublished studies of a variety of taxa (xenarthrans, rodents, carnivores, ungulates) examined over several temporal scales, from a few thousand years during the Holocene to millions of years of late Pliocene and Pleistocene time. Different organizational levels are represented, from mosaic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521020816
• ISBN13: 9780521020817
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"