Xiaoming Wang

Dogs

Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History

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Xiaoming Wang and Richard H. Tedford combine their research with Mauricio Ant?n's impeccable reconstructions to present a remarkable portrait of canids over the past 40 million years. Wang and Tedford cull their history from the most recent scientific research conducted on the vast collections of the American Museum of Natural History and other leading institutions. With their rich fossil record, diverse adaptations to various environments, and different predatory specializations, canids are an ideal model organism for the mapping of predator behavior and morphological specializations. They also offer an excellent contrast to felids, which re… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Tedford, Richard H. / Anton, Mauricio (Illustr.)

ISBN: 978-0-231-13529-0
EAN: 9780231135290
Produktnummer: 5638589
Verlag: Columbia University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 232 S.
Masse: H25.3 cm x B17.9 cm x D1.3 cm 448 g
Abbildungen: 97 illus.
Gewicht: 448
Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor

Xiaoming Wang is a curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and has been studying the evolutionary history of the family Canidae for the past 20 years. In collaboration with Richard H. Tedford, he has published three volumes on the fossil canids of North America. Richard H. Tedford is curator emeritus in the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History. Mauricio Antón is a paleontological artist based at the National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid. Among his books are Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids: 65 Million Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe, with Jordi Agustí, and The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives: An Illustrated Guide to Their Evolution and Natural History, and Evolving Eden: An Illustrated Guide to the Evolution of the African Large Mammal Fauna, both with Alan Turner.