For nearly a century the Great American Interchange has been widely acclaimed as one of
the most remarkable experiments ever performed by nature. The only problem with such …

Mexico's Pleistocene terrestrial mammal record includes 13 orders, 44 families, 147 genera
and 280 species, thus is comparable to the Recent one, but shows greater ordinal and …

Vertebrate palaeontology is a lively field, with new discoveries reported every week... and
not only dinosaurs! This new edition reflects the international scope of vertebrate …

Mammals are the dominant large animals of today, occurring in virtually every environment.
This book is an account of the remarkable 320 million year long fossil record that documents …

Pleistocene mammal ages, despite their limitations, among the best dated in the world.
External age control of Pliocene and Pleistocene faunas comes primarily from radioisotopic …

This study is undertaken in order to evaluate specific hypotheses of relationship among
extant and extinct sloths (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Tardigrada). Questions of particular interest …

“An enjoyable read that provides a substantial amount of detail on the biology, ecology, and
distribution of these fantastic animals... Highly recommended.”—Choice More than 10,000 …

In recent years a combination of biostratigraphic, magnetostratigraphic, and radioisotopic
data has been employed to calibrate aspects of the Great American Faunal Interchange …

Because of the hundreds of individual bony scutes present in the carapace of each
individual armadillo, their fossilization potential is quite high, and the armadillos have an …

Reconstruction of soft tissues in fossil vertebrates is an enduring challenge for
paleontologists. Because inferences must be based on evidence from hard tissues (typically …