In Pursuit of Early Mammals.
Title:
In Pursuit of Early Mammals.
Author:
Kielan-Jaworowska, Zofia.
ISBN:
9780253008244
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (281 pages)
Series:
Life of the Past
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Institutional Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methods: Collecting Materials and Establishing Relationships -- 3. Paleontological Exploration of Mongolia by American, Japanese, Soviet, and Russian Expeditions, including the Mongolian Academy/ American Museum and Mongolia/Japan Joint Expeditions -- 4. The Polish-Mongolian Paleontological Expeditions, 1963-1971, and the Nomadic Expedition, 2002 -- 5. Origins of Mammals and the Earliest Representatives of Mammaliaforms and Mammals -- 6. Haramiyidans and Probable Related Forms -- 7. Docodontans -- 8. Eutriconodontans -- 9. Monotremes and the Issue of Australosphenida and Tribosphenida -- 10. Multituberculates and Gondwanatherians -- 11. "Symmetrodontans" -- 12. "Eupantotherians" and the Origin of Tribosphenic and Pseudotribosphenic Molars -- 13. Tribotheria, Metatheria, and the Issue of the Deltatheroida -- 14. Eutherian and Placental Mammals -- 15. Aspects of Paleobiology of Mammaliaforms and Early Mammals -- 16. Diversification of Mammaliaforms and Mesozoic Mammals: A Summary -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
In Pursuit of Early Mammals presents the history of the mammals that lived during the Mesozoic era, the time when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, and describes their origins, anatomy, systematics, paleobiology, and distribution. It also tells the story of the author, a world-renowned specialist on these animals, and the other prominent paleontologists who have studied them. Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska was the first woman to lead large-scale paleontological expeditions, including eight to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, which brought back important collections of dinosaur, early mammal, and other fossils. She shares the difficulties and pleasures encountered in finding rare fossils and describes the changing views on early mammals made possible by these discoveries.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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