Palaeoecology and Palaeoenvironments of Late Cenozoic Mammals
Tributes to the Career of C.S. (Rufus) Churcher
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1996
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-8559-4 (ISBN)
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-8559-4 (ISBN)
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This unique volume of thirty essays, by fifty-three internationally known scholars, honours C.S. (Rufus) Churcher, the distinguished Canadian palaeontologist. The papers focus on late Cenozoic mammals in North America and Africa and provide both site-specific descriptions of faunas and their associated geological contexts, and more general syntheses of regional palaeoenvironments and biogeography. The volume provides a much-needed overview of current research.
The stature of the researchers who have contributed to the volume, and the breadth of the material presented, is a reflection of Churcher’s diverse research interests. The first section contains eleven papers on the palaeoenvironment and palaeoecology of Quaternary mammals in North America; the second section has 9 contributions describing faunas and morphological analyses of North American Quaternary mammals; and the final section contains nine papers on the palaeoecology and palaeoenvironments of late Cenozoic mammals of Africa. In this final section, Alan Gentry pays tribute to Churcher by naming a species after him: Budorcas churcheri. The volume contains individual discussions of North American fossil prairie dogs, mastodons, zebras, short-faced bears, sabre cats, lions, giant armadillos, elk-moose, caribou and muskrats, as well as African hyaenas, zebras, hipparion horses, antelopes, rodents, and giraffes.
The stature of the researchers who have contributed to the volume, and the breadth of the material presented, is a reflection of Churcher’s diverse research interests. The first section contains eleven papers on the palaeoenvironment and palaeoecology of Quaternary mammals in North America; the second section has 9 contributions describing faunas and morphological analyses of North American Quaternary mammals; and the final section contains nine papers on the palaeoecology and palaeoenvironments of late Cenozoic mammals of Africa. In this final section, Alan Gentry pays tribute to Churcher by naming a species after him: Budorcas churcheri. The volume contains individual discussions of North American fossil prairie dogs, mastodons, zebras, short-faced bears, sabre cats, lions, giant armadillos, elk-moose, caribou and muskrats, as well as African hyaenas, zebras, hipparion horses, antelopes, rodents, and giraffes.
Kathlyn M. Stewart is a research scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa. Kevin. Seymour is a curatorial assistant, Department of Vertebrate Palaeontology, Royal Ontario Museum.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.07.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Heritage |
| Verlagsort | Toronto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 980 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4875-8559-4 / 1487585594 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4875-8559-4 / 9781487585594 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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