The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals (eBook)

Donald R. Prothero (Autor)

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2016
240 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-8445-2 (ISBN)

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Donald R. Prothero is research associate in vertebrate paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and professor emeritus of geology at Occidental College. His many books include Greenhouse of the Dinosaurs: Evolution, Extinction, and the Future of Our Planet, Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters, and After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals.

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The ultimate illustrated guide to the lost world of prehistoric mammalsAfter the mass extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, mammals became the dominant terrestrial life form on our planet. Roaming the earth were spectacular beasts such as saber-toothed cats, giant mastodonts, immense ground sloths, and gigantic giraffe-like rhinoceroses. Here is the ultimate illustrated field guide to the lost world of these weird and wonderful prehistoric creatures.A woolly mammoth probably won't come thundering through your vegetable garden any time soon. But if one did, this would be the book to keep on your windowsill next to the binoculars. It covers all the main groups of fossil mammals, discussing taxonomy and evolutionary history, and providing concise accounts of the better-known genera and species as well as an up-to-date family tree for each group. No other book presents such a wealth of new information about these animals-what they looked like, how they behaved, and how they were interrelated. In addition, this unique guide is stunningly illustrated throughout with full-color reconstructions of these beasts-many never before depicted-along with photographs of amazing fossils from around the world.Provides an up-to-date guidebook to hundreds of extinct species, from saber-toothed cats to giant mammothsFeatures a wealth of color illustrations, including new reconstructions of many animals never before depictedDemonstrates evolution in action-such as how whales evolved from hoofed mammals and how giraffes evolved from creatures with short necksExplains how mass extinctions and climate change affected mammals, including why some mammals grew so huge

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Field Guides
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Field Guides
• Illustrationen: Mary Persis Williams
• Zusatzinfo: 303 color & b&w illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: American cheetah • Amynodontidae • Apatosaurus • Archaeoindris • Archaeopotamus • Ashfall Fossil Beds • Basilosaurus • Bear dog • Brontosaurus • Carnivora • Cenozoic • Charles Darwin • Columbian mammoth • Coryphodon • Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event • cynodont • Dicynodont • Dinocerata • Dinohippus • Dinosaur • Diprotodon • Diprotodontia • Diprotodontidae • Edaphosaurus • Embrithopoda • Entelodont • Eocene • Epipubic bone • Even-toed ungulate • Evolutionary developmental biology • Evolution of cetaceans • Evolution of mammals • Glyptodon • Glyptodont • Glyptotherium • Ground sloth • Heptodon • Hippopotamus • hominidae • Hominini • Hyaenodon • Hyaenodontidae • hyena • Hyopsodontidae • Hyracodontidae • Hystricognathi • Jaw • lemur • Mammal • Mammalodon • marsupial • Mastodon • megatherium • Mesozoic • Metamynodon • Miocene • Mosasaur • Mylodontidae • Nothrotheriops • Odd-toed ungulate • Oligocene • Oreopithecus • Palaeochiropteryx • Palaeotherium • paleocene • paleontology • Paraceratherium • Paramylodon • Pelycosaur • Phenacodontidae • Placentalia • Platybelodon • Prehistoric mammal • Proboscidea • Procoptodon • Prodeinotherium • Psittacosaurus • Pterodactylus • pterosaur • Pygmy hippopotamus • Pygmy mammoth • Pygmy right whale • Pygmy sperm whale • Rhinoceros • rodent • Sauropoda • Sloth lemur • Stegotetrabelodon • Subhyracodon • Thrinaxodon • thylacine • Tooth • Toxodon • Toxodontidae • Triceratops • Tyrannosaurus • Uintatherium • Ungulate • Velociraptor • vertebrate paleontology
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-8445-4 / 1400884454
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-8445-2 / 9781400884452