Late Cenozoic Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province, China : geology and fossil mammals. Volume II, Small mammal fossils of Yushe Basin /

This volume focuses on small mammal fossils from extinct Asian faunas of about 1 to 7 million years ago in North China. These played a role in the emergence of vertebrate paleontology as a modern science in that country. This second volume of the sub-series Late Cenozoic Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province...

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Other Authors Flynn, Lawrence J. 1932- (Editor), Wu, Wenyu (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht, Netherlands : Springer, 2017.
SeriesVertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9789402410501
9789402410495
ISSN1877-9077
Physical Description1 online resource (xi, 227 pages) : illustrations (some color)

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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Small Mammal Exploration in Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province Lawrence J. Flynn and Wen-Yu Wu
  • 2 The Lipotyphla of Yushe Basin Lawrence J. Flynn and Wen-Yu Wu
  • 3 The Bats of Yushe Basin Lawrence J. Flynn
  • 4 The Lagomorphs (Ochotonidae, Leporidae) of Yushe Basin Wen-Yu Wu and Lawrence J. Flynn
  • 5 Yushe Squirrels (Sciuridae, Rodentia) Zhu-Ding Qiu
  • 6 Yushe Beavers (Castoridae, Rodentia) Xiaofeng Xu, Qiang Li, and Lawrence J. Flynn
  • 7 Yushe Dipodoidea Zhu-Ding Qiu
  • 8 A Dormouse (Gliridae, Rodentia) from Yushe Basin Wen-Yu Wu
  • 9 The Zokors of Yushe Basin Shao-Hua Zheng
  • 10 The Hamsters of Yushe Basin Wen-Yu Wu and Lawrence J. Flynn
  • 11 Yushe Basin Prometheomyini (Arvicolinae, Rodentia) Wen-Yu Wu and Lawrence J. Flynn
  • 12 Fossil Arvicolini of Yushe Basin: Facts and Problems of Arvicoline Biochronology of North China Ying-Qi Zhang
  • 13 The Shanxi Gerbils Lawrence J. Flynn and Wen-Yu Wu
  • 14 The Murine Rodents of Yushe Basin Wen-Yu Wu, Lawrence J. Flynn and Zhu-Ding Qiu
  • 15 The Bamboo Rats and Porcupines of Yushe Basin <Lawrence J. Flynn and Wen-Yu Wu
  • 16 Dynamic Small Mammal Assemblages of Yushe Basin Lawrence J. Flynn and Wen-Yu Wu
  • APPENDIX Log of Surface Collections and Initial Screening Results for Microvertebrate Localities of Yushe Basin.