National Geographic Prehistoric Mammals

by TURNER, ALAN

• ISBN13: 9780792269977
• ISBN10: 0792269977
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: National Geographic Kids

Summary

When the dinosaurs died, the Age of Mammals began. Step back in time to a world of extraordinary creatures-some familiar, some astonishing-in the beautifully illustrated pages of this fact-packed encyclopedia. You'll see just what the world was like when early humans stepped onto the scene. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 8
What is a mammal?	p. 10
Age of Mammals	p. 12
Eocene	p. 14
Oligocene	p. 16
Miocene	p. 18
Pliocene	p. 20
Pleistocene	p. 22
Other creatures of the Cenozoic era	p. 24
Mammal deposits	p. 26
Reconstruction
Reconstructions from fossils	p. 28
Behavior
How we know	p. 30
What they ate	p. 32
Social behavior	p. 34
Classification	p. 36
Mammal groupings	p. 38
The Mammals
Prehistoric profiles	p. 40
Reptiles into Mammals
Mammal-like reptiles	p. 42
Cynodonts-"near-mammals"	p. 44
Primitive Mammals
Mesozoic mammals	p. 46
Marsupials	p. 48
Kangaroos	p. 50
Australian marsupials	p. 52
Wombats	p. 54
South American marsupials	p. 56
Primitive Placentals
Eomaia	p. 58
Aardvarks	p. 59
Desmostylians
Sea cows and relatives	p. 60
Proboscids
Deinotheres	p. 62
Gomphotheres	p. 64
True mastodons	p. 66
Elephantids	p. 68
Mammoths	p. 70
Embrithopods
Arsinoitheres	p. 74
Edentates
Sloths	p. 78
Glyptodonts	p. 80
Rodents	p. 82
Primates
Early primates	p. 84
Monkeys	p. 86
Apes	p. 88
Australopithecines	p. 90
Paranthropus	p. 94
Homo erectus	p. 96
Homo antecessor	p. 98
Neandertals	p. 100
Homo sapiens	p. 101
Insectivores	p. 102
Bats	p. 104
Creodonts	p. 108
Carnivores
Bear-dogs	p. 110
Dogs	p. 112
Bears	p. 116
Seals and relatives	p. 118
Mustelids	p. 119
Nimravids	p. 120
Civets	p. 121
Cats	p. 122
Xenosmilus	p. 124
Smilodon	p. 126
Hyenas	p. 130
Early ungulates	p. 132
Dinocerates	p. 134
Whales
Primitive whales	p. 136
Whales	p. 138
Cloven-hoofed Mammals
Entelodonts	p. 142
Hippopotamids	p. 146
Pigs	p. 148
Camels and relatives	p. 150
Deer and relatives	p. 152
Deer	p. 154
Antelope	p. 156
Cattle and bison	p. 158
Bison	p. 160
South American Ungulates
Notoungulates	p. 162
Litopterns	p. 164
Astrapotheres	p. 168
Perissodactyls
Palaeotheres	p. 170
Rhinoceroses	p. 172
Indricotheres	p. 174
Chalicotheres	p. 176
Early horses	p. 178
Later horses	p. 180
Brontotheres	p. 184
Reference
Museums/Glossary	p. 188
Index	p. 190
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