Fossil History of Southern African Land Mammals

Informationen zum Autor D. Margaret Avery is Emeritus Associate of Cenozioc Studies at Iziko Museums of South Africa, and Honorary Researcher Associate at the Evolutionary Studies Institute at the University of Witwatersrand. Her research interests include understanding the background of human evolution, as well as modern micromammals. She was the President of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) between 2011 and 2015; and is General Secretary of the Royal Society of South Africa. Klappentext A comprehensive reference on the taxonomy and distribution in time and space of all currently recognized southern African fossil mammals. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive reference on the taxonomy and distribution in time and space of all currently recognized southern African fossil mammals! covering the Eocene to the Holocene! with individual maps marking locations. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Background; 2. The Eocene; 3. The Miocene; 4. The Pliocene; 5. The Pleistocene; 6. The Holocene; 7. Present and future; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: D. Margaret Avery, AVERY D. MARGARET
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781108480888
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48088-8
• No. of pages: 324
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Palaeontology; prehistory, SCIENCE / Paleontology, Southern Africa, Palaeontology, Zoology: Mammals, Zoology: mammals (mammalogy)