Fossil horses of South America : phylogeny, systemics and ecology
This book provides an update on the phylogeny, systematics and ecology of horses in South America based on data provided over the past three decades. The contemporary South American mammalian communities were shaped by the emergence of the Isthmus of Panama and by the profound climatic oscillations...
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| Main Authors | , |
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
2017.
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| Series | Latin American studies book series.
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| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9783319558776 9783319558769 |
| ISSN | 2366-3421 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (x, 150 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Abstract; References; 2 Nomenclatures and Taxonomy; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Morphometric Analysis; 2.3 Data Set; 2.4 Bivariate Analyses; 2.5 Multivariate Analyses; 2.6 Morphology; 2.7 Discussion; 2.8 Systematic Paleontology; 2.9 Conclusions; References; 3 Museum and Collections; Abstract; References; 4 Phylogeny; Abstract; References; 5 Biostratigraphy and Biogeography; Abstract; 5.1 Biochronological Units; 5.2 Time Scale and Palaeoclimatic Framework; 5.3 Biogeography of Equini; References.
- 6 Ancient Feeding Ecology and Niche Differentiation of Pleistocene HorsesAbstract; 6.1 Stable Isotope Analysis of Fossil Horses; 6.1.1 Stable Isotope Analyses on Mammalian Bioapatite and Collagen; 6.1.1.1 Carbon; 6.1.1.2 Oxygen; 6.1.2 Materials and Methods; 6.1.3 Paleoecology of Horse from South American; 6.2 Body Mass Evolution and Diversification Within South American Horses; 6.2.1 Predicting Mass Estimates; References; 7 Horses and Megafauna Extinction; Abstract; 7.1 Human Arrival Times; 7.2 Latest Pleistocene Climate Change; 7.3 Vegetation Changes and QME; 7.4 Horses Extinction Evidence.