By Darin A. Croft,Velizar Simeonovski
ISBN-10: 0253020840
ISBN-13: 9780253020840
South the United States is domestic to a couple of the main distinct mammals on Earth—giant armadillos, tiny anteaters, the world’s biggest rodent, and its smallest deer. however the continent as soon as supported various different both fascinating mammals that experience no shut dwelling family: armored mammals with tail golf equipment, saber-toothed marsupials, or even a swimming sloth. we all know of the life of those extraordinary species because of South America’s wealthy fossil list, which supplies many glimpses of prehistoric mammals and the ecosystems during which they lived. prepared as a "walk via time" and that includes species from 15 vital fossil websites, this booklet is the main broad and richly illustrated quantity committed solely to the Cenozoic mammals of South the USA. The textual content is supported via seventy five lifestyles reconstructions of extinct species of their local habitats, in addition to images of fossil specimens and the websites highlighted within the publication. An annotated bibliography is integrated for these drawn to delving into the medical literature.
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South the USA is domestic to a few of the main particular mammals on Earth—giant armadillos, tiny anteaters, the world’s greatest rodent, and its smallest deer. however the continent as soon as supported various different both exciting mammals that experience no shut dwelling relations: armored mammals with tail golf equipment, saber-toothed marsupials, or even a swimming sloth.
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