The Great American Biotic Interchange. A South American Perspective.
Cione, Alberto Luis; Gasparini, German Mariano; Soibelzon, Esteban; Soibelzon, Leopoldo Hector; Tonni, Eduardo Pedro
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Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences. Num Pages: 107 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 28 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; PSAJ; RBX; RGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 216.
South American ecosystems suffered one of the greatest biogeographical events, after the establishment of the Panamian land bridge, called the “Great American Biotic Interchange” (GABI). This refers to the exchange, in several phases, of land mammals between the Americas; this event started during the late Miocene with the appearance of the Holartic Procyonidae (Huayquerian Age) in South America and continues today. The major phases of mammalian dispersal occurred from the Latest Pliocene (Marplatan Age) to the Late Pleistocene (Lujanian Age). The most important and richest localities of Late Miocene-Holocene fossil vertebrates of South America are those of the Pampean region ... Read more
South American ecosystems suffered one of the greatest biogeographical events, after the establishment of the Panamian land bridge, called the “Great American Biotic Interchange” (GABI). This refers to the exchange, in several phases, of land mammals between the Americas; this event started during the late Miocene with the appearance of the Holartic Procyonidae (Huayquerian Age) in South America and continues today. The major phases of mammalian dispersal occurred from the Latest Pliocene (Marplatan Age) to the Late Pleistocene (Lujanian Age). The most important and richest localities of Late Miocene-Holocene fossil vertebrates of South America are those of the Pampean region ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
107
Condition
New
Series
SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences
Number of Pages
97
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401797917
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V9789401797917
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About Cione, Alberto Luis; Gasparini, German Mariano; Soibelzon, Esteban; Soibelzon, Leopoldo Hector; Tonni, Eduardo Pedro
All the authors are associated with the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology of the Museo de La Plata in Argentina. Alberto Luis Cione, Germán Mariano Gasparini and Esteban Soibelzon are members of Argentina's National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET).
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