In pursuit of early mammals / Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska.

Author/creator Kielan-Jaworowska, Zofia
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Descriptionxvii, 253 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesLife of the past
Contents Introduction -- Methods : collecting materials and establishing relationships -- Paleontological exploration of Mongolia by American, Japanese, Soviet, and Russian expeditions, including the Mongolian Academy/American Museum and Mongolia/Japan joint expeditions -- The Polish-Mongolian Paleontological Expeditions, 1963-1971, and the Nomadic Expedition, 2002 -- Origins of mammals and the earliest representatives of mammaliaforms and mammals -- Haramiyidans and probable related forms -- Docodontans -- Eutriconodontans -- Monotremes and the issue of Australosphenida and Tribosphenida -- Multituberculates and gondwanatherians --"Symmetrodontans" -- "Eupantotherians" and the origin of tribosphenic and pseudotribosphenic molars -- Tribotheria, Metatheria, and the issue of the Deltatheroida -- Eutherian and placental mammals -- Aspects of paleobiology of mammaliaforms and early mammals -- Diversification of mammaliaforms and Mesozoic mammals : a summary.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 233-246) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012047303
ISBN9780253008176 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN0253008174 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN40022529057(eb)

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