Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Mammals of North America: Biostratigraphy and Geochronology

Published by Columbia University Press 2004

Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Mammals of North America

Biostratigraphy and Geochronology

Edited by: Michael Woodburne

https://doi.org/10.7312/wood13040

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About this book

This book places into modern context the information by which North American mammalian paleontologists recognize, divide, calibrate, and discuss intervals of mammalian evolution known as North American Land Mammal Ages. It incorporates new information on the systematic biology of the fossil record and utilizes the many recent advances in geochronologic methods and their results. The book describes the increasingly highly resolved stratigraphy into which all available temporally significant data and applications are integrated. Extensive temporal coverage includes the Lancian part of the Late Cretaceous, and geographical coverage includes information from Mexico, an integral part of the North American fauna, past and present.

This book places into modern context the information by which North American mammalian paleontologists recognize, divide, calibrate, and discuss intervals of mammalian evolution known as North American Land Mammal Ages. It incorporates new information on the systematic biology of the fossil record and utilizes the many recent advances in geochronologic methods and their results.

The book describes the increasingly highly resolved stratigraphy into which all available temporally significant data and applications are integrated. Extensive temporal coverage includes the Lancian part of the Late Cretaceous, and geographical coverage includes information from Mexico, an integral part of the North American fauna, past and present.

Author / Editor information

Michael Woodburne is professor emeritus of geology, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, and honorary curator of geology, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff.

Reviews

Bruce J. MacFadden:
Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Mammals of North America is now the modern standard reference for mammalian biochronology.

Linda R. Zellmer:
This book is recommended for academic libraries.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Definitions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xvii
1. Principles and Procedures Michael O. Woodburne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Mammalian Biochronology of the Latest Cretaceous Richard L. Cifelli, Jaelyn J. Eberle, Donald L. Lofgren, Jason A. Lillegraven and William A. Clemens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
3. Paleocene Biochronology: The Puercan Through Clarkforkian Land Mammal Ages Donald L. Lofgren, Jason A. Lillegraven, William A. Clemens, Philip D. Gingerich and Thomas E. Williamson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
4. Wasatchian Through Duchesnean Biochronology Peter Robinson, Gregg F. Gunnell, Stephen L. Walsh, William C. Clyde, John E. Storer, Richard K. Stucky, David J. Froehlich, Ismael Ferrusquia-Villafranca and Malcolm C. McKenna Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
5. The Chadronian, Orellan, and Whitneyan North American Land Mammal Ages Donald R. Prothero and Robert J. Emry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
6. Mammalian Biochronology of the Arikareean Through Hemphillian Interval (Late Oligocene Through Early Pliocene Epochs) Richard H. Tedford, L. Barry Albright, Anthony D. Barnosky, Ismael Ferrusquia-Villafranca, Robert M. Hunt, John E. Storer, Carl C. Swisher, Michael R. Voorhies, S. David Webb and David P. Whistler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
7. The Blancan, Irvingtonian, and Rancholabrean Mammal Ages Christopher J. Bell, Ernest L. Lundelius, Anthony D. Barnosky, Russell W. Graham, Everett H. Lindsay, Dennis R. Ruez, Holmes A. Semken, S. David Webb and Richard J. Zakrzewski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
8. Global Events and the North American Mammalian Biochronology Michael O. Woodburne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Systematic Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	345
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 400
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 33
- Other: 33 illus

eBook

Published: April 21, 2004
ISBN: 9780231503785