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Initially, this work was designed to document and study the
diversification of modern mammalian groups and was quite successful
and satisfying. However, as field and laboratory work continued,
there began to develop a suspicion that not all of the Eocene story
was being told. It became apparent that most fossil samples,
especially those from the American West, were derived from similar
preservational circumstances and similar depositional settings. A
program was initiated to look for other potential sources of fossil
samples, either from non-traditional lithologies or from geographic
areas that were not typically sampled. As this program of research
grew it began to demonstrate that different lithologies and
different geographic areas told different stories from those that
had been developed based on more typical faunal assemblages. This
book is conceived as an introduction to non-traditional Eocene
fossils samples, and as a place to document and discuss features of
these fossil assemblages that are rare or that come from rarely
represented habitats.
Initially, this work was designed to document and study the
diversification of modern mammalian groups and was quite successful
and satisfying. However, as field and laboratory work continued,
there began to develop a suspicion that not all of the Eocene story
was being told. It became apparent that most fossil samples,
especially those from the American West, were derived from similar
preservational circumstances and similar depositional settings. A
program was initiated to look for other potential sources of fossil
samples, either from non-traditional lithologies or from geographic
areas that were not typically sampled. As this program of research
grew it began to demonstrate that different lithologies and
different geographic areas told different stories from those that
had been developed based on more typical faunal assemblages. This
book is conceived as an introduction to non-traditional Eocene
fossils samples, and as a place to document and discuss features of
these fossil assemblages that are rare or that come from rarely
represented habitats.
This second volume completes the unique survey of North American
Tertiary mammals, and covers all the remaining taxa not contained
in Volume 1. It provides a complete listing of mammalian diversity
over time and space, and evaluates the effect of biogeography and
climatic change on evolutionary patterns and faunal transitions,
with the distribution in time and space of each taxon laid out in a
standardized format. It contains six summary chapters that
integrate systematic and biogeographic information for higher taxa,
and provides a detailed account of the patterns of occurrence for
different species at hundreds of different fossil localities, with
the inclusion of many more localities than were contained in the
first volume. With over thirty chapters, each written by leading
authorities, and an addendum that updates the occurrence and
systematics of all of the groups covered in Volume 1, this will be
a valuable reference for paleontologists and zoologists.
Advances in morphological and molecular methods continue to uncover
new information on the origin and evolution of bats. Presenting
some of the most remarkable discoveries and research involving
living and fossil bats, this book explores their evolutionary
history from a range of perspectives. Phylogenetic studies based on
both molecular and morphological data have established a framework
of evolutionary relationships that provides a context for
understanding many aspects of bat biology and diversification. In
addition to detailed studies of the relationships and
diversification of bats, the topics covered include the mechanisms
and evolution of powered flight, evolution and enhancement of
echolocation, feeding ecology, population genetic structure,
ontogeny and growth of facial form, functional morphology and
evolution of body size. The book also examines the fossil history
of bats from their beginnings over 50 million years ago to their
diversification into one of the most globally wide-spread orders of
mammals living today.
Advances in morphological and molecular methods continue to uncover
new information on the origin and evolution of bats. Presenting
some of the most remarkable discoveries and research involving
living and fossil bats, this book explores their evolutionary
history from a range of perspectives. Phylogenetic studies based on
both molecular and morphological data have established a framework
of evolutionary relationships that provides a context for
understanding many aspects of bat biology and diversification. In
addition to detailed studies of the relationships and
diversification of bats, the topics covered include the mechanisms
and evolution of powered flight, evolution and enhancement of
echolocation, feeding ecology, population genetic structure,
ontogeny and growth of facial form, functional morphology and
evolution of body size. The book also examines the fossil history
of bats from their beginnings over 50 million years ago to their
diversification into one of the most globally wide-spread orders of
mammals living today.
This second volume completes the unique survey of North American
Tertiary mammals, and covers all the remaining taxa not contained
in Volume 1. It provides a complete listing of mammalian diversity
over time and space, and evaluates the effect of biogeography and
climatic change on evolutionary patterns and faunal transitions,
with the distribution in time and space of each taxon laid out in a
standardized format. It contains six summary chapters that
integrate systematic and biogeographic information for higher taxa,
and provides a detailed account of the patterns of occurrence for
different species at hundreds of different fossil localities, with
the inclusion of many more localities than were contained in the
first volume. With over thirty chapters, each written by leading
authorities, and an addendum that updates the occurrence and
systematics of all of the groups covered in Volume 1, this will be
a valuable reference for paleontologists and zoologists.
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