Evolution of South American Mammalian Predators During the Cenozoic: Paleobiogeographic and Paleoenvironmental Contingencies

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-79139-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 196 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 368 g

Reihe: Springer Geology

Provides information about the evolution of carnivorous mammals in the Cenozoic of South America

Brings together different aspects of the evolution of carnivorous mammals in South America and the relationship with physical factors (paleoenvironment, climate, tectonics) and biotic interactions

Covers both living and extinct species of South American mammalian carnivores

Includes illustrations of the most important and outstanding fossils from South America, live reconstructions, maps of distribution, paleogeographic sceneries and others

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Forasiepi, Analía M.

Prevosti, Francisco J.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläozoologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Säugetiere (Mammalia)
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläontologie, Taphonomie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläoökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Paleoenvironment and Paleobiogeography.- Sparassodonta.- Carnivora.- Fossil Record of Mammalian Carnivores in South America: Bias and Limitations.- The Transition from Faunas of Metatherian Carnivores to Faunas with Placental Carnivores: Ecological Competence or Replacement?.- Evolution of the South American Mammalian Carnivores during the Cenozoic and the Biological Context.