A Brief History of South American Metatherians Evolutionary Contexts and Intercontinental Dispersals /

• Main Authors: Goin, Francisco (Author), Woodburne, Michael (Author), Zimicz, Ana Natalia (Author), Martin, Gabriel M. (Author), Chornogubsky, Laura (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Springer Earth System Sciences,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geobiology.; Biodiversity.; Climate change.; Radiation protection.; Radiation > Safety measures.; Earth Sciences.; Biogeosciences.; Climate Change.; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection.

This book summarizes major aspects of the evolution of South American metatherians, including their epistemologic, phylogenetic, biogeographic, faunal, tectonic, paleoclimatic, and metabolic contexts. A brief overview of the evolution of each major South American lineage ("Ameridelphia", S...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. South American Living Metatherians: Physiological Ecology and Constraints
• 3. Dispersal of Vertebrates from between the Americas, Antarctica, and Australia in the Late Cretaceous and Early Cenozoic
• 4. Evolutionary Contexts
• 5. Phylogeny and Diversity of South American Metatherians
• 6. Paleobiology and Adaptations of Paleogene Metatherians
• 7. Milestones in the Evolution of South American Metatherians.   .