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Mesozoic Mammals from South America and Their Forerunners

  • No other book covers the early evolution of mammals in South America in detail
  • Early mammalian evolution is a topic that currently enjoys great popularity in the scientific and lay community, serving as an example of evolution and as part of the dynamic transformation of past communities
  • The authors are at the forefront of the discipline, having personally and directly collected, described and published many of the forms included in the book

Part of the book series: Springer Earth System Sciences (SPRINGEREARTH)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Introduction

    • Guillermo W. Rougier, Agustín G. Martinelli, Analía M. Forasiepi
    Pages 1-24
  3. The Fossil Record of South American Mesozoic Mammals and Their Close Relatives

    • Guillermo W. Rougier, Agustín G. Martinelli, Analía M. Forasiepi
    Pages 25-126
  4. The Origin and the Radiation of Early Mammals: A Southern Perspective

    • Guillermo W. Rougier, Agustín G. Martinelli, Analía M. Forasiepi
    Pages 127-161
  5. Australosphenidans

    • Guillermo W. Rougier, Agustín G. Martinelli, Analía M. Forasiepi
    Pages 163-186
  6. “Triconodonts”

    • Guillermo W. Rougier, Agustín G. Martinelli, Analía M. Forasiepi
    Pages 187-199
  7. Dryolestoids

    • Guillermo W. Rougier, Agustín G. Martinelli, Analía M. Forasiepi
    Pages 201-260
  8. Stem Therians

    • Guillermo W. Rougier, Agustín G. Martinelli, Analía M. Forasiepi
    Pages 261-287
  9. Allotheria: Gondwanatherians and Multituberculates

    • Guillermo W. Rougier, Agustín G. Martinelli, Analía M. Forasiepi
    Pages 289-323
  10. Ichnology: Mammalian/Mammal-Like Footprints

    • Guillermo W. Rougier, Agustín G. Martinelli, Analía M. Forasiepi
    Pages 325-343
  11. The South American Mesozoic Record and Early Evolution of Mammals

    • Guillermo W. Rougier, Agustín G. Martinelli, Analía M. Forasiepi
    Pages 345-388

About this book

This book summarizes the most relevant published paleontological information, supplemented by our own original work, on the record of Mesozoic mammals’ evolution, their close ancestors and their immediate descendants. Mammals evolved in a systematically diverse world, amidst a dynamic geography that is at the root of the 6,500 species living today. Fossils of Mesozoic mammals, while rare and often incomplete, are key to understanding how mammals have evolved over more than 200 million years. Mesozoic mammals and their close relatives occur in a few  dozen localities from Argentina, Brazil, Chile,  Bolivia, and Peru spanning from the Mid- Triassic to the Late Cretaceous, with some lineages surviving the cataclysmic end of the Cretaceous period, into the Cenozoic of Argentina. There are roughly 25 recognized mammalian species distributed in several distinctive lineages, including australosphenidans, multituberculates, gondwanatherians, eutriconodonts, amphilestids and dryolestoids, among others. With its focus on diversity, systematics, phylogeny, and their impact on the evolution of mammals, there is no similar book currently available.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, USA

    Guillermo W. Rougier

  • Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”-CONICET, Sección Paleontología de Vertebrados, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Agustín G. Martinelli

  • Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales, Centro Científico Tecnológico-CONICET, Mendoza, Argentina

    Analía M. Forasiepi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mesozoic Mammals from South America and Their Forerunners

  • Authors: Guillermo W. Rougier, Agustín G. Martinelli, Analía M. Forasiepi

  • Series Title: Springer Earth System Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63862-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-63860-3Published: 23 February 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-63862-7Published: 22 February 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2197-9596

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-960X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 388

  • Number of Illustrations: 81 b/w illustrations, 56 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Paleontology, Earth System Sciences

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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