Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene - Couverture souple

Prothero, Donald R.

 
9780521021098: Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 052102109X ISBN 13 : 9780521021098
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

During the transition from the Eocene to the Oligocene epochs, the mild tropical climates of the Paleocene and early Eocene were replaced by modern climatic conditions and extremes, including glacial ice in Antarctica. The best terrestrial record of the Eocene-Oligocene transition is found in North America, including the spectacular cliffs and spires of the Big Badlands National Park, in South Dakota. The first part of this book summarises the latest information in dating and correlation of the strata of late middle Eocene through early Oligocene age in North America, including the latest insights from argon/argon dating and magnetic stratigraphy. The second part reviews almost all the important terrestrial reptiles and mammals found near the Eocene-Oligocene boundary in the White River chronofauna, from the turtles, snakes and lizards to the common rodents, carnivores, artiodactyls, and perissodactyls. This is the first comprehensive treatment of these rocks and fossils in over sixty years and will be an invaluable resource to vertebrate palaeontologists, geologists, mammalogists and evolutionary biologists.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

During the transition from the Eocene to the Oligocene epochs, the mild tropical climates of the Paleocene and early Eocene were replaced by modern climatic conditions and extremes, including glacial ice in Antarctica. The best terrestrial record of the Eocene-Oligocene transition is found in North America, including the spectacular cliffs and spires of the Big Badlands National Park, in South Dakota. The first part of this book summarises the latest information in dating and correlation of the strata of late middle Eocene through early Oligocene age in North America, including the latest insights from argon/argon dating and magnetic stratigraphy. The second part reviews almost all the important terrestrial reptiles and mammals found near the Eocene-Oligocene boundary in the White River chronofauna, from the turtles, snakes and lizards to the common rodents, carnivores, artiodactyls, and perissodactyls. This is the first comprehensive treatment of these rocks and fossils in over sixty years and will be an invaluable resource to vertebrate palaeontologists, geologists, mammalogists and evolutionary biologists.

Revue de presse

"...this book is an important resource for specialists." E. Delson, Choice

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
052102109X
ISBN 13 
9780521021098
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
708
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780521433877: The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521433878 ISBN 13 :  9780521433877
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1996
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