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Title Megafauna : giant beasts of Pleistocene South America / Richard A. Fariña, Sergio F. Vizcaíno, and Gerardo De Iuliis.

Publication Info. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (457 pages) : illustrations (some color).
text file
Series Life of the past
Life of the past.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Paleontology and science : what is science? -- Distinguished paleomammalogists -- Geological and ecological history of South America during the Cenozoic era -- North American late Cenozoic faunas -- The Great American Biotic Interchange and Pleistocene habitats in South America -- Bestiary -- Physics of the giants -- General paleoecology -- Extinction.
Summary More than 10,000 years ago spectacularly large mammals roamed the pampas and jungles of South America. This book tells the story of these great beasts during and just after the Pleistocene, the geological epoch marked by the great ice ages. Megafauna describes the history and way of life of these animals, their comings and goings, and what befell them at the beginning of the modern era and the arrival of humans. It places these giants within the context of the other mammals then alive, describing their paleobiology-how they walked; how much they weighed; their diets, behavior, biomechanics.
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Subject Mammals, Fossil -- South America.
Mammals, Fossil.
South America.
Paleobiology -- South America.
Paleobiology.
Geology, Stratigraphic -- Pleistocene.
Geology, Stratigraphic.
Chronological Term Pleistocene
From 10 thousand to 2 million years ago
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Fariña, Richard A.
Vizcaíno, Sergio F.
De Iuliis, Gerardo, 1959-
Other Form: Print version: Megafauna. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2013 9780253002303 (DLC) 2012017801 (OCoLC)779244424
ISBN 0253007194 (electronic book)
9780253007193 (electronic book)
9780253002303 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0253002303 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1299466834
9781299466838