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Cenozoic Mammals of Africa
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Cenozoic Mammals of Africa

Lars Werdelin

Abstract

This volume is a comprehensive review of the African mammalian fossil record over the past 65 million years. The book includes current taxonomic and systematic revisions of all African mammal taxa, detailed compilations of fossil site occurrences, and a wealth of information regarding paleobiology, phylogeny, and biogeography. Primates, including hominins, are particularly well covered. The discussion addresses the systematics of endemic African mammals, factors relating to species richness, and a summary of isotopic information. The work also provides contextual information about Cenozoic Afr ... More

Keywords: Africa, mammalian taxa, fossil record, paleobiology, phylogeny, biogeography, primates, systematics, species richness, Cenozoic African tectonics

Bibliographic Information

Print publication date: 2010 Print ISBN-13: 9780520257214
Published to California Scholarship Online: March 2012 DOI:10.1525/california/9780520257214.001.0001

Authors

Affiliations are at time of print publication.

Lars Werdelin, Editor

Contents

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Physical and Temporal Setting

The Fauna: Taxonomic Accounts

Part One Metatheria

Part Two Afrotheria

Part Three Euarchontoglires

Part Four Laurasiatheria

Broader Perspectives

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