Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context Volume 2: Fossil Hominins and the Associated Fauna /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Harrison, Terry (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Σειρά: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series,
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Paleontology.; Animal ecology.; Evolutionary biology.; Earth Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Animal Ecology.

This volume 2 and its companion volume 1 present the results of new investigations into the geology, paleontology and paleoecology of the early hominin site of Laetoli in northern Tanzania. The site is one of the most important paleontological and paleoanthropological sites in Africa, worldrenowned...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Rodents
• 3 The lower third premolar of Serengetilagus praecapensis (Mammalia: Lagomorpha: Leporidae) from Laetoli, Tanzania
• 4 Macroscelidea
• 5 Galagidae (Lorisoidea, Primates)
• 6 Cercopithecids (Cercopithecidae, Primates)
• 7 Hominins from the Upper Laetolil and Upper Ndolanya Beds, Laetoli
• 8 Carnivora
• 9 Proboscidea
• 10 Orycteropodidae
• 11 Rhinoceroses
• 12 Equidae
• 13 Suidae
• 14 Giraffidae
• 15 Bovidae 16 Amphibia and Squamata
• 17 Tortoises (Chelonii, Testudinidae)
• 18 Aves
• 19 Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera)
• 20 Lepidoptera, Insecta
• 21 Trace fossils interpreted in relation to the extant termite fauna at Laetoli, Tanzania
• 22 Gastropoda.