The Rise of Amphibians: 365 Million Year
β Robert Carroll
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2009
π The Johns Hopkins University Press
π English
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The rise of marine mammals: 50 million years of evolution
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- 2017
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- English
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β¦ Table of Contents
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Setting the Stage: Rocks, Fossils, and Evolution
2 The Oldest Marine Mammals: Whales and Sea Cows
3 Later-Diverging Whales: Neoceti
4 Aquatic Carnivorans: Pinnipeds and a Bear like Carnivoran
5 Crown Sirenians and Their Desmostylian Relatives
6 Aquatic Sloths and Recent Occupants of the Sea, Sea Otters and Polar Bears
7 Diversity Changes through Time: The Influence of Climate Change and Humans
Classification of Fossil Marine Mammals
Glossary
References
Index
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