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The book begins with an introduction, describing the tools necessary to interpret the evolutionary history of South American mammals in geological terms and some of the early people who helped found South American mammalian paleontology. Chapter 2 describes the Mesozoic first mammals of Gondwana and what we are learning about them, dominant before the K/T extinction event. Then chapters 3 through 8 cover the Cenozoic, or "Age of Mammals", highlighting the major mammalian groups of South America that replaced the earlier mammals of Gondwana. These groups include the marsupials, native ungulates, the xenarthrans (armadillos, anteaters, sloths), the caviomorphs (rodents), and the platyrrhine monkeys. Chapters 9 and 10 address the Antarctic La Meseta fossils and the Colombian La Venta fossil faunal assemblages. Chapter 11 discusses the neotropical mammals that invaded the Caribbean Islands, and illustrates the influence South America has had on adjacent faunas. Chapter 12 describes the origin of the Amazon River and the role it has played in the evolution of the mammals and other flora and fauna. Chapter 13 tells the story of the Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI), and chapter 14 follows this up with a discussion of the Pleistocene mammal communities and their eventual extinction. Chapter 15 concludes the text by discussing the modern mammals of South America, and how despite the extensive Pleistocene extinctions there is still a lot of mammalian diversity in South America.
The book begins with an introduction, describing the tools necessary to interpret the evolutionary history of South American mammals in geological terms and some of the early people who helped found South American mammalian paleontology. Chapter 2 describes the Mesozoic first mammals of Gondwana and what we are learning about them, dominant before the K/T extinction event. Then chapters 3 through 8 cover the Cenozoic, or "Age of Mammals", highlighting the major mammalian groups of South America that replaced the earlier mammals of Gondwana. These groups include the marsupials, native ungulates, the xenarthrans (armadillos, anteaters, sloths), the caviomorphs (rodents), and the platyrrhine monkeys. Chapters 9 and 10 address the Antarctic La Meseta fossils and the Colombian La Venta fossil faunal assemblages. Chapter 11 discusses the neotropical mammals that invaded the Caribbean Islands, and illustrates the influence South America has had on adjacent faunas. Chapter 12 describes the origin of the Amazon River and the role it has played in the evolution of the mammals and other flora and fauna. Chapter 13 tells the story of the Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI), and chapter 14 follows this up with a discussion of the Pleistocene mammal communities and their eventual extinction. Chapter 15 concludes the text by discussing the modern mammals of South America, and how despite the extensive Pleistocene extinctions there is still a lot of mammalian diversity in South America.
In 1997 Dr. Defler became a professor at the Colombian National University in Leticia. He was obligated to leave research station in 1998 by the Colombian guerilla group the FARC. He lived sporadically for about seven and one half years in Leticia, Colombia as a National University professor and established another research station in another remote part of Amazonian rainforest in southern Colombia near the Amacayacu National Park (15 km from the Brazilian border). In 2006 he was transferred by request to the main campus in Bogotá where he taught until retiring in December, 2016.
Of the several courses that Dr. Defler has taught (including evolution), the course "History of South American Land Mammals" (History de los Mamíferos Terrrestres de Sudamérica) set him on a new path of studyingthe evolution of South American mammals, though he continues also to work as a primatologist and to write and to publish as a scientist.
Includes hundreds of illustrations to give a better idea of how South American fauna must have looked like
Coherently covers the changes and evolution of South American terrestrial mammals throughout geological history
Provides a historical perspective of South American mammalian evolution for ease of organization and learning
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
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Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Geowissenschaften, Mathematik, Medizin, Naturwissenschaften, Technik |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Medium: | Buch |
Reihe: | Topics in Geobiology |
Inhalt: |
xli
372 S. 56 s/w Illustr. 158 farbige Illustr. 372 p. 214 illus. 158 illus. in color. |
ISBN-13: | 9783319984483 |
ISBN-10: | 3319984489 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Herstellernummer: | 978-3-319-98448-3 |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | HC runder Rücken kaschiert |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: | Defler, Thomas |
Auflage: | 1st ed. 2019 |
Hersteller: |
Springer International Publishing
Topics in Geobiology |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de |
Maße: | 241 x 160 x 27 mm |
Von/Mit: | Thomas Defler |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 10.01.2019 |
Gewicht: | 0,863 kg |
In 1997 Dr. Defler became a professor at the Colombian National University in Leticia. He was obligated to leave research station in 1998 by the Colombian guerilla group the FARC. He lived sporadically for about seven and one half years in Leticia, Colombia as a National University professor and established another research station in another remote part of Amazonian rainforest in southern Colombia near the Amacayacu National Park (15 km from the Brazilian border). In 2006 he was transferred by request to the main campus in Bogotá where he taught until retiring in December, 2016.
Of the several courses that Dr. Defler has taught (including evolution), the course "History of South American Land Mammals" (History de los Mamíferos Terrrestres de Sudamérica) set him on a new path of studyingthe evolution of South American mammals, though he continues also to work as a primatologist and to write and to publish as a scientist.
Includes hundreds of illustrations to give a better idea of how South American fauna must have looked like
Coherently covers the changes and evolution of South American terrestrial mammals throughout geological history
Provides a historical perspective of South American mammalian evolution for ease of organization and learning
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Geowissenschaften, Mathematik, Medizin, Naturwissenschaften, Technik |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Medium: | Buch |
Reihe: | Topics in Geobiology |
Inhalt: |
xli
372 S. 56 s/w Illustr. 158 farbige Illustr. 372 p. 214 illus. 158 illus. in color. |
ISBN-13: | 9783319984483 |
ISBN-10: | 3319984489 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Herstellernummer: | 978-3-319-98448-3 |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | HC runder Rücken kaschiert |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: | Defler, Thomas |
Auflage: | 1st ed. 2019 |
Hersteller: |
Springer International Publishing
Topics in Geobiology |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de |
Maße: | 241 x 160 x 27 mm |
Von/Mit: | Thomas Defler |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 10.01.2019 |
Gewicht: | 0,863 kg |