Extinction and Radiation - How the Fall of Dinosaurs Led to the Rise of Mammals

Informationen zum Autor J. David Archibald is a professor of biology and curator of mammals at San Diego State University and coeditor of The Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and Relationships of the Major Extant Clades , also published by Johns Hopkins. Klappentext Piecing together evidence from both molecular biology and the fossil record, Archibald shows how science is edging closer to understanding exactly what happened during the mass extinctions near the K/T boundary and the radiation that followed. Zusammenfassung Piecing together evidence from both molecular biology and the fossil record! Archibald shows how science is edging closer to understanding exactly what happened during the mass extinctions near the K/T boundary and the radiation that followed.

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• Authors: J. David Archibald, J. David (Professor Emeritus of Biology Archibald, J. David (San Diego State University) Archibald
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.05.2011
• EAN: 9780801898051
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-9805-1
• No. of pages: 120
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Palaeontology