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Author Prothero, Donald R., author.

Title The Princeton field guide to prehistoric mammals / Donald R. Prothero ; with illustrations by Mary Persis Williams.

Publication Info. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2016.
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2017.

Item Status

Edition [Enhanced Credo edition]
Description 1 online resource (96 entries) : 226 images ; digital files.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Princeton field guides
Princeton field guides.
Contents 1. The age of mammals -- 2. The origin and early evolution of mammals -- 3. Marsupials : pouched mammals -- 4. Placental mammals (Eutheria) -- 5. Xenarthra : sloths, anteaters, and armadillos -- 6. Afrotheria : elephants, hyraxes, sea cows, aardvarks, and their relatives -- 7. Euarchontoglires : Euarchonta. Primates, tree shrews, and colugos -- 8. Euarchontoglires : Glires. Rodents and lagomorphs -- 9. Laurasiatheria : insectivores. Order Eulipotyphla and other insectivorous mammals -- 10. Laurasiatheria : Chiroptera. Bats -- 11. Laurasiatheria : Pholidota. Pangolins, or "scaly anteaters" -- 12. Laurasiatheria : Carnivora and Creodonta. Predatory mammals -- 13. Laurasiatheria : Ungulata. Hoofed mammals and their relatives -- 14. Laurasiatheria : Artiodactyla. "Even-toed" hoofed mammals : pigs, hippos, whales, camels, ruminants, and their extinct relatives -- 15. Laurasiatheria : Perissodactyla. "Odd-toed" hoofed mammals : horses, rhinos, tapirs, and their extinct relatives -- 16. Laurasiatheria : Meridiungulata. South American hoofed mammals -- 17. Uintatheres, pantodonts, taeniodonts, and tillodonts -- 18. Mammalian evolution and extinction.
Access Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Summary Covers all the main groups of fossil mammals, discussing taxonomy and evolutionary history, and providing concise accounts of the better-known genera and species as well as an up-to-date family tree for each group.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Local Note Credo Reference.
Credo Reference General Reference
Subject Mammals, Fossil.
Mammals, Fossil.
Mammals, Fossil -- Pictorial works.
Genre/Form Pictorial works.
Subject Extinct mammals.
Extinct mammals.
Extinct mammals -- Pictorial works.
Paleontology -- Cenozoic.
Paleontology.
Chronological Term Cenozoic
Subject Mammals -- Evolution.
Mammals -- Evolution.
Mammals -- Phylogeny.
Mammals -- Phylogeny.
Mammals.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Illustrated works.
Illustrated works.
Added Author Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
Added Title Field guide to prehistoric mammals.
Prehistoric mammals
Other Form: Print version: 0691156824 9780691156828 (DLC) 2016946980 240 pages : illustrations (some color)
ISBN 9780691156828 alkaline paper
9781786841919 electronic version