Cenozoic Mammals of Africa / Edition 1

by Lars Werdelin, William Joseph Sanders

Overview

This magnificent volume is a clear and comprehensive review of the African mammalian fossil record over the past 65 million years. Cenozoic Mammals of Africa includes current taxonomic and systematic revisions of all African mammal taxa, detailed compilations of fossil site occurrences, and a wealth of information regarding paleobiology, phylogeny, and biogeography. Primates, including hominins, are particularly well covered. The discussion addresses the systematics of endemic African mammals, factors relating to species richness, and a summary of isotopic information. The work also provides contextual information about Cenozoic African tectonics, chrono stratigraphy of sites, paleobotany, and global and regional climate change. Updating our understanding of this important material with the wealth of research from the past three decades, this volume is an essential resource for anyone interested in the evolutionary history of Africa and the diversification of its mammals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520257214
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	07/20/2010
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	1008
Product dimensions:	8.98(w) x 11.30(h) x 2.32(d)

About the Author

Lars Werdelin is Senior Curator at the Swedish Museum of Natural History. William Joseph Sanders is a Research Scientist at the University of Michigan’s Museum of Paleontology.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"This is a fabulous reference."—Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, Reviews

"This is an amazing book!"—Choice

"An essential book."—Quarterly Review of Biology

"This magnificent volume is a clear and comprehensive review of the African mammalian fossil record over the past 65 million years. . . . A MUST have book for those with an interest in the fossil mammals of Africa!"—Scienceblogs.com/The Guardian

"This is an outstanding volume: authoritative, well-organized, and thorough."—Reference & Research Book News / Scitech Book News

Editorial Reviews

This magnificent volume is a clear and comprehensive review of the African mammalian fossil record over the past 65 million years. . . . A MUST have book for those with an interest in the fossil mammals of Africa!

Scienceblogs.com/The Guardian

This is a fabulous reference.

Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues

Overall, the volume is excellent, and I expect it will be a mainstay on the shelves of most mammalian paleontologists.

Springer - Jessica M. Theodor

This is an outstanding volume: authoritative, well-organized, and thorough.

Reference & Research Book News / Scitech Book News

This is an amazing book!

Choice - Eric Delson

An essential book.

Qtly Review Of Biology - Brandon G. Wheeler

This is a fabulous reference.

Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues