Gebundenes Buch

The Rise of Placental Mammals

Origins and Relationships of the Major Extant Clades

Herausgeber: Rose, Kenneth D; Archibald, J David

Beschreibung

"Achieves a balance between molecular work, on the one hand, and anatomical and paleontological work, on the other." -- Trends in Ecology and Evolution "Welcome bedside reading for all mammal systematicists and anyone interested in the evolution of mammals." -- Science

Autor

Kenneth D. Rose is a professor at the Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a research associate at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. J. David Archibald is Professor of Biology and Curator of Mammals in the Department of Biology at San Diego State University. In addition he is a Research Associate at the San Diego Museum of Natural History and the University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley. For the past 10 years he has directed the URBAC Paleontological Expeditions to the Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan, where he and his colleagues search for early placental mammals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 287mm x 224mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 1120g
• ISBN-13: 9780801880223
• ISBN-10: 080188022X
• Artikelnr.: 21994939