Overview
- Presents case studies sourced from the NOW (New and Old Worlds) database of fossil mammals
- Provides first-hand accounts of the logic and functioning of paleobiological databases
- Covers many aspects of multiple mammal groups from different regions
Part of the book series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology (VERT)
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About this book
The volume is divided in four parts. The first part includes two chapters on the development of large paleobiological databases, providing a first-hand account on the logic and the functioning of these databases. This is a much-needed perspective which is ignored by most researchers and users of such databases and, even if centered in the NOW database, the lessons that can be learned from this part can be extended to other examples. After this introductory part, the body of the book follows and is divided into three parts: patterns in regional faunas; large scale patterns and processes; and ecological, biogeographical and evolutionary patterns of key taxa. Each chapter is written by well-known specialists in the field, withsome participation of members of the NOW advisory board. The array of selected mammal taxa ranges from carnivores, equids, ruminants and rodents to the genus Homo. The topics studied also include the diversification and radiation of major clades, large-scale paleobiogeographical patterns, the evolution of ecomorphological patterns and paleobiological problems such as evolution of body size or species longevity. In most cases the results are discussed in relation to protracted environmental or paleogeographic changes.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende is a Researcher for the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden.
Dr. Christine M. Janis is a Professor of Paleontology in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol.
Dr. Juha Saarinen is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Division of Geosciences and Geography at the University of Helsinki.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Evolution of Cenozoic Land Mammal Faunas and Ecosystems
Book Subtitle: 25 Years of the NOW Database of Fossil Mammals
Editors: Isaac Casanovas-Vilar, Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende, Christine M. Janis, Juha Saarinen
Series Title: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17491-9
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 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-17490-2Published: 09 August 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-17493-3Published: 10 August 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-17491-9Published: 08 August 2023
Series ISSN: 1877-9077
Series E-ISSN: 1877-9085
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 231
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 52 illustrations in colour
Topics: Paleontology, Paleoecology, Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Biogeosciences