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1 online resource |
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Cover; Contributors; Preface; C.S. 'Rufus' Churcher -- The man from Aldershot. K.L. Seymour; Churcher bibliography. K.L. Seymour; Diversity bottlenecks, oddball survivors, and negative keys. W.A. Akersten; Comparison of mammalian response to glacial-interglacial transitions in the middle and late Pleistocene. A.D. Barnosky, T.I. Rouse, E.A. Hadly, D.L. Wood, F.L. Keesing, and V.A. Schmidt; Review of Pleistocene zoogeography of prairie dogs (genus Cynomys) in western Canada with notes on their burrow architecture. J.A. Burns |
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Pleistocene and Holocene vertebrates as models for the study of evolutionary patterns. R.L. CarrollSelective mortality of mastodons (Mammut americanum) from the Port Kennedy Cave (Pleistocene; Irvingtonian), Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. E.B. Daeschler; Middle Pleistocene (early Rancholabrean) vertebrates and associated marine and non-marine invertebrates from Oldsmar, Pinellas County, Florida. P.F. Karrow, G.S. Morgan, R.W. Portell, E. Simons, and K. Auffenberg |
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Population structure of the late Pliocene (Blancan) zebra Equus simplicidens (Perissodactyla: Equidae) from the Hagerman Horse Quarry, Idaho. H.G. McDonaldCurrent status of North American Sangamonian local faunas and vertebrate taxa. J.D. Pinsof; Distribution and size variation in North American Short-faced bears, Arctodus simus. R.L. Richards, C.S. Churcher, and W.D. Turnbull; Origin of the vertebrate fossil sites near Medicine Hat, Alberta. A. MacS. Stalker; A preliminary report on the Carnivora of Porcupine Cave, Park County, Colorado. E. Anderson |
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Force generation by the jaw adductor musculature at different gapes in the Pleistocene sabretoothed felid Smilodon. H.N. BryantA review of Pleistocene giant armadillos (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Pampatheriidae). A.G. Edmund; A spectacular specimen of the elk-moose Cervalces scotti from Noble County, Indiana, U.S.A.J.O. Farlow and J. McClain; Tracking Ice Age felids: Identification of tracks of Panthera atrox from a cave in southern Missouri, U.S.A.R.W. Graham, J.O. Farlow, and J.E. Vandike; Pleistocene mammals of Dublin Gulch and the Mayo District, Yukon Territory. C.R. Harington |
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The masticatory apparatus of the American mastodon (Mammut americanum). R.S. LaubPleistocene caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in the eastern United States: New records and range extensions. J.N. McDonald, C.E. Ray, and F. Grady; Dental evolution and size change in the North American muskrat: Classification and tempo of a presumed phyletic sequence. R.A. Martin; Early Rancholabrean mammals from Salamander Cave, Black Hills, South Dakota. J.I. Mead, C. Manganaro, C.A. Repenning, and L.D. Agenbroad |
| Summary |
The papers focus on late Cenozoic mammals in North America and Africa and provide both site-specific descriptions of faunas and their associated geological contexts, and more general syntheses of regional palaeoenvironments and biogeography |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF file page (EBSCO, viewed February 18, 2019) |
| Subject |
Churcher, C. S., 1928-
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Paleontology -- Pleistocene.
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Paleoecology -- Pleistocene.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures.
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NATURE -- Fossils.
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SCIENCE -- Paleontology.
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NATURE -- General.
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Paleoecology
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Paleontology
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Pleistocene Geologic Epoch
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| Genre/Form |
Festschriften
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Festschriften.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Stewart, Kathlyn Moore.
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Churcher, C. S., 1928-
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Seymour, Kevin L.
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| ISBN |
9781487574154 |
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1487574150 |
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