Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, Hardcover by Werdelin, Lars (EDT); Sanders, Willi...

Description: Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, Hardcover by Werdelin, Lars (EDT); Sanders, William Joseph (EDT), ISBN 0520257219, ISBN-13 9780520257214, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US The ambition to succeed the 1978 classic Evolution of African mammals is certainly realized in this impressive volume, which offers 48 chapters on the animal, faunal, hominin and environmental record of the Cenozoic era in Africa, reflecting the 22 years of significant developments that have occurred between the two editions both in methods of study and finds. The taxonomic chapters that make up most of th are framed by 5 introductory chapters on the physical and temporal setting and the 3 concluding chapters on the broad questions of systematics, species richness, and stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in modern and fossil East African mammals. Each of the taxonomic chapters discuss the range of study, the question of origins, the species' evolution, history of research, specific finds, and systematic paleontology before turning to a catalog of the species. The catalog entries are accompanied by b&w plates of excellent quality. The entries detail, as appropriate, the specimen's etymology, holotype, referred specimens, type locality, distribution, and diagnosis. Each of the chapters contains numerous tables detailing major sites and finds, classification, geographic and temporal distribution, and other information, and each concludes with a lengthy bibliography. This is an outstanding volume--authoritative, well-organized, and thorough. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

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