- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
-
One Tectonics and Geomorphology of Africa during the Phanerozoic -
Two Chronology of Paleogene Mammal Localities -
Three Chronology of Neogene Mammal Localities -
Four Global and African Regional Climate during the Cenozoic -
Five A Review of the Cenozoic Vegetation History of Africa -
Twenty-Six Creodonta -
Twenty-Seven Prionogalidae (Mammalia Incertae Sedis) -
Twenty-Eight Primitive Ungulates (“Condylarthra” and Stem Paenungulata) -
Twenty-Nine Neogene Insectivora -
Thirty Chiroptera -
Thirty-One Pholidota -
Thirty-Two Carnivora -
Thirty-Three Chalicotheriidae -
Thirty-Four Rhinocerotidae -
Thirty-Five Equidae -
Thirty-Six Tragulidae -
Thirty-Seven Pecora Incertae Sedis -
Thirty-Eight Bovidae -
Thirty-Nine Giraffoidea -
Forty Cervidae -
Forty-One Camelidae -
Forty-Two Suoidea -
Forty-Three Anthracotheriidae -
Forty-Four Hippopotamidae -
Forty-Five Cetacea -
Forty-Six Systematics of Endemic African Mammals -
Forty-Seven Mammal Species Richness in Africa -
Forty-Eight Stable Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes in East African Mammals: Modern and Fossil - Index
Carnivora
Carnivora
- Chapter:
- (p.603) Thirty-Two Carnivora
- Source:
- Cenozoic Mammals of Africa
- Author(s):
Lars Werdelin
Stéphane Peigné
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
The order Carnivora has a shorter history in Africa than on any other continent except Australasia and South America. The definite record of the order on the African continent extends back to the Lower Miocene, though some earlier records may exist. During this time, the order has diversified enormously, first as a result of migrations from Eurasia and later as a result of in situ speciation. Despite this, little is known about the history of African Carnivora compared with most continents, mainly due to the geographically biased fossil record on the African continent. For the Plio-Pleistocene, only parts of northern, eastern, and southern Africa have an adequate Carnivoran fossil record, and for the Miocene the situation is much worse, as only some time slices of this epoch have an adequate record in some parts of eastern Africa. This chapter describes the systematic paleontology of Pholidota. It reviews more than 100 genera and about twice that many species. The organization is by family (in standard order) and genus. The chapter concludes with short sections on biogeography and migration patterns.
Keywords: Carnivora, paleontology, biogeography, migration, Africa, Miocene, Eurasia, Plio-Pleistocene
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
-
One Tectonics and Geomorphology of Africa during the Phanerozoic -
Two Chronology of Paleogene Mammal Localities -
Three Chronology of Neogene Mammal Localities -
Four Global and African Regional Climate during the Cenozoic -
Five A Review of the Cenozoic Vegetation History of Africa -
Twenty-Six Creodonta -
Twenty-Seven Prionogalidae (Mammalia Incertae Sedis) -
Twenty-Eight Primitive Ungulates (“Condylarthra” and Stem Paenungulata) -
Twenty-Nine Neogene Insectivora -
Thirty Chiroptera -
Thirty-One Pholidota -
Thirty-Two Carnivora -
Thirty-Three Chalicotheriidae -
Thirty-Four Rhinocerotidae -
Thirty-Five Equidae -
Thirty-Six Tragulidae -
Thirty-Seven Pecora Incertae Sedis -
Thirty-Eight Bovidae -
Thirty-Nine Giraffoidea -
Forty Cervidae -
Forty-One Camelidae -
Forty-Two Suoidea -
Forty-Three Anthracotheriidae -
Forty-Four Hippopotamidae -
Forty-Five Cetacea -
Forty-Six Systematics of Endemic African Mammals -
Forty-Seven Mammal Species Richness in Africa -
Forty-Eight Stable Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes in East African Mammals: Modern and Fossil - Index
