The Age of Mammals, the Cenozoic Era, has never had its Jurassic Park, but it was an amazing time in earth's history, populated by a wonderful assortment of bizarre animals. This book presents their story, which is part of a larger story of a world emerging from the greenhouse conditions of the Mesozoic.
The Age of Mammals, the Cenozoic Era, has never had its Jurassic Park, but it was an amazing time in earth's history, populated by a wonderful assortment of bizarre animals. This book presents their story, which is part of a larger story of a world emerging from the greenhouse conditions of the Mesozoic.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Recipient of the 2013 James Shea Award of the National Association of Geology Teachers for outstanding writing and editing in the geosciences. Donald R. Prothero is Emeritus Professor of Geology at Occidental College and Lecturer in Geobiology at the California Institute of Technology. He has published 32 books, including Reality Check: How Science Deniers Threaten Our Future (IU Press, 2013); Rhinoceros Giants: The Paleobiology of Indricotheres; Earth: Portrait of a Planet; The Evolution of Earth; Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters; Catastrophes!; and After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals (IU Press, 2006).
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The End of the Dinosaurs? 3. Brave New World: The Paleocene 4. Dawn of the Recent: The Eocene 5. The Icehouse Cometh: The Oligocene 6. The Savanna Story: The Miocene 7. The World in Transition: The Pliocene 8. Ice Time: The Pleistocene 9. Our Interglacial: The Holocene Bibliography Index
Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The End of the Dinosaurs? 3. Brave New World: The Paleocene 4. Dawn of the Recent: The Eocene 5. The Icehouse Cometh: The Oligocene 6. The Savanna Story: The Miocene 7. The World in Transition: The Pliocene 8. Ice Time: The Pleistocene 9. Our Interglacial: The Holocene Bibliography Index
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