Megafauna : giant beasts of Pleistocene South America
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; and the interactions among them and with their environment. It also tells the stories of the scientists who contributed to our discovery and knowledge of these transcendent creatures and the environment they inhabited
xii, 435 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm.
9780253002303, 9780253007193, 0253002303, 0253007194
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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