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edocfu_9959239431702883
Format:
1 online resource (759 p.)
ISBN:
0-231-52082-4
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Fossil Mammals of Asia, edited by and with contributions from world-renowned scholars, is the first major work devoted to the late Cenozoic (Neogene) mammalian biostratigraphy and geochronology of Asia. This volume employs cutting-edge biostratigraphic and geochemical dating methods to map the emergence of mammals across the continent. Written by specialists working in a variety of Asian regions, it uses data from many basins with spectacular fossil records to establish a groundbreaking geochronological framework for the evolution of land mammals.Asia's violent tectonic history has resulted in some of the world's most varied topography, and its high mountain ranges and intense monsoon climates have spawned widely diverse environments over time. These geologic conditions profoundly influenced the evolution of Asian mammals and their migration into Europe, Africa, and North America. Focusing on amazing new fossil finds that have redefined Asia's role in mammalian evolution, this volume synthesizes information from a range of field studies on Asian mammals and biostratigraphy, helping to trace the histories and movements of extinct and extant mammals from various major groups and all northern continents, and providing geologists with a richer understanding of a variety of Asian terrains.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction /
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Part I. East Asia --
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Chapter 1. Neogene Land Mammal Stages/Ages of China /
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Chapter 2. North China Neogene Biochronology /
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Chapter 3. A Single- Point Base Definition of the Xiejian Age as an Exemplar for Refining Chinese Land Mammal Ages /
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Chapter 4. Early Miocene Xiejiahe and Sihong Fossil Localities and Their Faunas, Eastern China /
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Chapter 5. Neogene Faunal Succession and Biochronology of Central Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia) /
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Chapter 6 Mammalian Biochronology of the Late Miocene Bahe Formation /
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Chapter 7. Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Classical Dragon Bone Localities of Baode County, Shanxi Province /
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Chapter 8. Review of the Litho-, Bio-, and Chronostratigraphy in the Nihewan Basin, Hebei, China /
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Chapter 9. Late Cenozoic Biostratigraphy of the Linxia Basin, Northwestern China /
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Chapter 10. Neogene Mammalian Biostratigraphy and Geochronology of the Tibetan Plateau /
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Chapter 11. Hominoid- Producing Localities and Biostratigraphy in Yunnan /
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Chapter 12. Miocene Land Mammals and Stratigraphy of Japan /
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Chapter 13. Pliocene Land Mammals of Japan /
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Part II. South and Southeast Asia --
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Chapter 14. The Siwaliks and Neogene Evolutionary Biology in South Asia /
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Chapter 15. The Neogene Siwaliks of the Potwar Plateau, Pakistan /
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Chapter 16. Mammalian Neogene Biostratigraphy of the Sulaiman Province, Pakistan /
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Chapter 17. Indian Neogene Siwalik Mammalian Biostratigraphy /
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Chapter 18. Paleobiogeography and South Asian Small Mammals /
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Chapter 19. Advances in the Biochronology and Biostratigraphy of the Continental Neogene of Myanmar /
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Part III. North and Central Asia --
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Chapter 20. Miocene Mammal Biostratigraphy of Central Mongolia (Valley of Lakes) /
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Chapter 21. Late Cenozoic Mammal Faunas of the Baikalian Region /
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Chapter 22. New Data on Miocene Biostratigraphy and Paleoclimatology of Olkhon Island (Lake Baikal, Siberia) /
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Part IV. West Asia and Adjacent Regions --
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Chapter 23. Late Miocene Mammal Localities of Eastern Eu rope and Western Asia /
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Chapter 24 Late Miocene (Turolian) Vertebrate Faunas from Southern Europe an Russia /
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Chapter 25. Recent Advances in Paleobiological Research of the Late Miocene Maragheh Fauna, Northwest Iran /
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Chapter 26. A Review of the Neogene Succession of the Muridae and Dipodidae from Anatolia, with Special Reference to Taxa Known from Asia and/or Eu rope /
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Chapter 27. Late Miocene Fossils from the Baynunah Formation, United Arab Emirates /
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Chapter 28. Neogene Mammal Biostratigraphy and Chronology of Greece /
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Part V. Zoogeography and Paleoecology --
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Chapter 29. Continental- Scale Patterns in Neogene Mammal Community Evolution and Biogeography /
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Chapter 30. Intercontinental Dispersals of Sicistine Rodents (Sicistinae, Dipodidae, Rodentia) Between Eurasia and North America /
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Chapter 31. Paleodietary Comparisons of Ungulates Between the Late Miocene of China, and Pikermi and Samos in Greece /
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List of Contributors --
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Taxonomic Index --
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General Index
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Issued also in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-231-15012-1
Language:
English
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