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This book is a unique compendium and synthesis of the cumulative
knowledge of more than 100 years of discovery and study of North
American tertiary mammals. The potentially most valuable
contribution of this book is the detailed information of the
distribution in time and space of each species at fossil
localities, recorded in a uniform scheme, so that each chapter
provides the same level of information. Thirty six chapters are
devoted to a particular family or order, written by leading North
American authorities, including discussion of anatomical features,
systematics, and paleobiology. Three introductory chapters
summarize information on the geological time scale, Tertiary
vegetation, and Pleistocene events, and four summary chapters
integrate systematic and biogeographic information for higher taxa.
This book will serve as a unique data base for continuing studies
in faunal diversification and change, and for questions such as how
changing biogeography and climates influenced the evolution of
mammalian communities. It will be an invaluable addition to the
libraries of paleontologists and zoologists.
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