Megafauna : giant beasts of Pleistocene South America /

Megafauna : giant beasts of Pleistocene South America /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2012.
Description:	1 online resource (457 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language:	English
Series:	Life of the Past Life of the past.
Subject:	Mammals, Fossil -- South America. Paleobiology -- South America. Geology, Stratigraphic -- Pleistocene. Geology, Stratigraphic. Mammals, Fossil. Paleobiology. Pleistocene Geologic Epoch. South America. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11188883

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Other authors / contributors:	Fariña, Richard A. Vizcaíno, Sergio F. De Iuliis, Gerardo, 1959-
ISBN:	0253007194 9780253007193 9780253002303 0253002303 1299466834 9781299466838
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	More than 10,000 years ago spectacularly large mammals roamed the pampas and jungles of South America. This book tells the story of these great beasts during and just after the Pleistocene, the geological epoch marked by the great ice ages. Megafauna describes the history and way of life of these animals, their comings and goings, and what befell them at the beginning of the modern era and the arrival of humans. It places these giants within the context of the other mammals then alive, describing their paleobiology-how they walked; how much they weighed; their diets, behavior, biomechanics.
Other form:	Print version: Megafauna. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2013 9780253002303

Table of Contents:

Paleontology and science : what is science?
Distinguished paleomammalogists
Geological and ecological history of South America during the Cenozoic era
North American late Cenozoic faunas
The Great American Biotic Interchange and Pleistocene habitats in South America
Bestiary
Physics of the giants
General paleoecology
Extinction.