Overview
- Provides the complete fossil vertebrate record from Greece
- Features numerous images of the most important types and specimens
- Focuses on laurasiatherians, artiodactyles, perissodactyles, carnivorans, and island endemics
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This 2-volume set provides a state-of-the-art study of the fossil record and taxonomy of the main vertebrate groups from Greece. Greece stands between 3 continents and its vertebrate fossil record is of great importance for paleontological and evolutionary studies in Europe, Asia and Africa. Fossils from classic, world-famous localities (e.g., Pikermi, Samos) form an essential part of the collections of the most important museums in the world and have been studied by numerous scientists. Recent paleontological research led to the discovery and study of numerous new sites. The volumes contain a taxonomic review of all named and identified taxa, their taxonomic history and current status, as well as historical, phylogenetic and biogeographic information.
Volume 2 contains a synopsis of the fossil record and taxonomy of important groups of mammals represented in the fossil record of Greece. The volume starts with specific chapters on laurasiatherians like insectivores and bats, moving on to the main part of the book that deals with three of the most important fossil groups in the country. The fossil record of even-toed animals is summarized with chapters on bovids, cervids, suoids, anthracotheres, hippos, giraffes, and tragulids. The fossil record of odd-toed animals is presented with special chapters on horses, tapirs, rhinos, and chalicotheres. The last part of this volume deals with meat-eating, carnivoran groups, like felids, viverrids, hyaenas, canids, bears, ailurids, mephitids and mustelids. The volume ends with a special chapter on insular endemic mammals from the various islands of Greece.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Evangelos Vlachos is a researcher at CONICET and Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio in Argentina.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fossil Vertebrates of Greece Vol. 2
Book Subtitle: Laurasiatherians, Artiodactyles, Perissodactyles, Carnivorans, and Island Endemics
Editors: Evangelos Vlachos
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68442-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-68441-9Published: 24 October 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-68444-0Published: 25 October 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-68442-6Published: 23 October 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 724
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 158 illustrations in colour
Topics: Earth Sciences, general, Geology, Evolutionary Biology, Paleoecology