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Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Mammals of North America: Biostratigraphy and Geochronology FROM THE PUBLISHER This Book places into modern context the information by which North American mammalian paleontologists recognize, divide, calibrate, and discuss intervals of mammalian evolution known as North American Land Mammal Ages. It incorporates new information on the systematic biology of the fossil record and utilizes the many recent advances in geochronologic methods and their results. The book describes the increasingly high resolved stratigraphy into which all available temporally significant data and applications are integrated. Extensive temporal coverage includes the Lancian part of the Late Cretaceous, and geographical coverage includes information from Mexico, an integral part of the North American fauna, past and present.
SYNOPSIS As an update of the 1987 Cenozoic Mammals of North America: Geochronology and Biostratigraphy, this work incorporates new information on the systematic biology of the fossil record and uses the many advances in geochronological methods and results obtained since 1987. Woodburne (emeritus, geology, University of California) provides a framework for understanding the information by which North American mammalian paleontologists recognize, divide, calibrate, and discuss intervals of mammalian evolution known in North American Land Mammal Ages. Temporal coverage includes the Lancian part of the Late Cretaceous, and geographical coverage includes information from Mexico and to its north. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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