Fossil Horses of South America Phylogeny, Systemics and Ecology /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Prado, José Luis (Συγγραφέας), Alberdi, María Teresa (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: The Latin American Studies Book Series,
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Paleontology.; Geobiology.; Animal ecology.; Earth Sciences.; Biogeosciences.; Animal Ecology.

This book provides an update on the phylogeny, systematics and ecology of horses in South America based on data provided over the past three decades. The contemporary South American mammalian communities were shaped by the emergence of the Isthmus of Panama and by the profound climatic oscillations...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Taxonomy nomenclature
• Collections around the word
• Systematic and phylogeny
• Iostratigraphy and biogeography
• Ancient feeding ecology and niche differentiation of Pleistocene horses
• Horses and megafauna extinction.