The great American biotic interchange : a South American perspective /

The great American biotic interchange : a South American perspective /

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Imprint:	Dordrecht : Springer, 2015.
Description:	1 online resource : color illustrations, color maps.
Language:	English
Series:	SpringerBriefs in earth system sciences, 2191-5903 SpringerBriefs in earth system sciences.
Subject:	Paleobiogeography -- America. Plate tectonics. Paleobiogeography. Plate tectonics. America. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11093450

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Other authors / contributors:	Cione, Alberto Luis, author. Gasparini, Germán Mariano, author. Soibelzon, Esteban, author. Soibelzon, Leopoldo Héctor, author. Tonni, Eduardo P., author.
ISBN:	9789401797924 9401797927 9789401797917 9401797919 9789401797917
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 1, 2015).
Summary:	South American ecosystems suffered one of the greatest biogeographical events, after the establishment of the Panamian land bridge, called the ℓ́ℓGreat American Biotic Interchangeℓ́ℓ (GABI). This refers to the exchange, in several phases, of land mammals between the Americas; this event started during the late Miocene with the appearance of the Holartic Procyonidae (Huayquerian Age) in South America and continues today. The major phases of mammalian dispersal occurred from the Latest Pliocene (Marplatan Age) to the Late Pleistocene (Lujanian Age). The most important and richest localities of Late Miocene-Holocene fossil vertebrates of South America are those of the Pampean region of Argentina. There are also several Late Miocene and Pliocene localities in western Argentina and Bolivia. Other important fossils have been collected in localities of Pleistocene age outside Argentina: Tarija (Bolivia), karstic caves of Lagoa Santa and the recently explored caves of Tocantins (Brasil), Talara (Per©ð), La Carolina (Ecuador), Muaco (Venezuela), and Cueva del Milodon (Chile), among others. The book discusses basic information for interpreting the GABI such as taxonomic composition (incorporating the latest revisions) at classical and new localities for each stage addressing climate, environments, and time boundaries for each stage. It includes the chronology and dynamics of the GABI, the integration of South American mammalian faunas through time, the Quaternary mammalian extinctions and the composition of recent mammalian fauna of the continent.
Other form:	Printed edition: 9789401797917
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-94-017-9792-4

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Summary:	South American ecosystems suffered one of the greatest biogeographical events, after the establishment of the Panamian land bridge, called the "Great American Biotic Interchange" (GABI). This refers to the exchange, in several phases, of land mammals between the Americas; this event started during the late Miocene with the appearance of the Holartic Procyonidae (Huayquerian Age) in South America and continues today. The major phases of mammalian dispersal occurred from the Latest Pliocene (Marplatan Age) to the Late Pleistocene (Lujanian Age). The most important and richest localities of Late Miocene-Holocene fossil vertebrates of South America are those of the Pampean region of Argentina. There are also several Late Miocene and Pliocene localities in western Argentina and Bolivia. Other important fossils have been collected in localities of Pleistocene age outside Argentina: Tarija (Bolivia), karstic caves of Lagoa Santa and the recently explored caves of Tocantins (Brasil), Talara (Perú), La Carolina (Ecuador), Muaco (Venezuela), and Cueva del Milodon (Chile), among others. The book discusses basic information for interpreting the GABI such as taxonomic composition (incorporating the latest revisions) at classical and new localities for each stage addressing climate, environments, and time boundaries for each stage. It includes the chronology and dynamics of the GABI, the integration of South American mammalian faunas through time, the Quaternary mammalian extinctions and the composition of recent mammalian fauna of the continent.
Physical Description:	1 online resource : color illustrations, color maps.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9789401797924 9401797927 9789401797917 9401797919
ISSN:	2191-5903