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9781560984184

Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics

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  • ISBN13:

    9781560984184

  • ISBN10:

    156098418X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1997-02-17
  • Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
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Summary

Because of its unique geographic and temporal position, the La Venta badlands in central Columbia hold special significance for understanding the evolution of vertebrate faunas in South America. John Flynn, Curator of Geology at The Field Museum, and other contributors present detailed information and interpretation about the paleobiology and environment of La Venta animals. Includes taxonomic index.

Table of Contents

Editor's Note v(2)
Acknowledgments vii(2)
List of Contributors
ix(4)
List of Abbreviations xiii
Part One. Introduction 1(12)
1. A History of Verterbrate Paleontology in the Magdalena Valley
3(10)
Richard H. Madden
Donald E. Savage
Robert W. Fields
Part Two. Geology and Geochronology 13(48)
2. Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Environments, and the Miocene Uplift of the Colombian Andes
15(29)
Javier Guerrero
3. Geochronology of the Honda Group
44(17)
John J. Flynn
Javier Guerrero
Carl C. Swisher III
Part Three. Invertebrates and Fishes 61(32)
4. Trichodactylid Crabs
63(4)
Gilberto Rodriguez
5. Freshwater Fishes and Their Paleobiotic Implications
67(26)
John G. Lundberg
Part Four. Reptiles, Amphibians, and Birds 93(92)
6. Limbless Tetrapods
95(5)
Max K. Hecht
Thomas C. LaDuke
7. A Reassessment of the Fossil Tupinambinae
100(13)
Robert M. Sullivan
Richard Estes
8. Crocodilians, Gryposuchus, and the South American Gavials
113(42)
Wann Langston, Jr.
Zulma Gasparini
9. Turtels
155(16)
Roger Conant Wood
10. Birds
171(14)
D. Tab Rasmussen
Part Five. Nonprimate Mammals 185(248)
11. New Clues for Understanding Neogene Marsupial Radiations
187(20)
Francisco J. Goin
12. New Caenolestoid Marsupials
207(6)
Elizabeth R. Dumont
Thomas M. Brown
13. Armored Xenarthrans: A Unique Taxonomic and Ecologic Assemblage
213(14)
Alfredo A. Carlini
Sergio F. Vizcaino
Gustavo J. Scillato-Yane
14. A New Giant Pampatheriid Armadillo
227(6)
Gordon Edmund
Jessica Theodor
15. Xenarthrans: Pilosans
233(13)
H. Gregory McDonald
16. Locomotor Adaptations in Miocene Xenarthrans
246(19)
Jennifer L. White
17. Paleobiology and Affinities of Megadolodus
265(24)
Richard L. Cifelli
Carlos Villarroel
18. Litopterns
289(14)
Richard L. Cifelli
Javier Guerrero
19. A New Leontiniid Notoungulate
303(6)
Carlos Villarroel
Jane Colwell Danis
20. Enamel Microstructre in Notoungulates
319(16)
21. A New Toxodontid Notoungulate
335(20)
Richard H. Madden
22. Uruguaytheriine Astrapotheres of Tropical South America
355(28)
Steven C. Johnson
Richard H. Madden
23. Sirenia
383(9)
Daryl P. Domning
24. Rodents
392(18)
Anne H. Walton
25. Chiroptera
410(23)
Nicholas J. Czaplewski
Part Six. Primates 433(64)
26. A New Small Platyrrhine and the Phyletic Position of Callitrichnae
435(24)
Richard F. Kay
D. Jeffrey Meldrum
27. Postcranial Skeleton of Laventan Platyrrhines
459(14)
D. Jefferey Meldrum
Richard F. Kay
28. Fossil New World Monkeys
473(24)
John G. Fleagle
Richard F. Kay
Mark R. L. Anthony
Part Seven. Summary 497(54)
29. The Laventan Stage and Age
499(21)
Richard H. Madden
Javier Guerrero
Richard F. Kay
John J. Flynn
Carl C. Swisher III
Anne H. Walton
30. Paleogeography and Paleocology
520(31)
Richard F. Kay
Richard H. Madden
Literature Cited 551(34)
Taxonomic Index 585

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