At the foot of the Himalayas paleontology and ecosystem dynamics of the Siwalik record / edited by Catherine Badgley, Mich©·le E. Morgan, and David Pilbeam.

Other author Badgley, C. E. (Catherine E.)
Other author Morgan, Mich©·le E., 1962-
Other author Pilbeam, David R.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2025]
Descriptionpages cm
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Contents A long story / David Pilbeam -- Rocks, rivers, and time / Anna K. Behrensmeyer and John C. Barry -- Documenting the Siwalik fossil record / John C. Barry and Anna K. Behrensmeyer -- Siwalik taphonomy : fossil assemblage preservation / Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Catherine Badgley, and Mich©·le E. Morgan -- Stable isotopes as a record of ecological change in the Siwalik Group of Pakistan / Thure E. Cerling, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, John C. Barry, Sherry Nelson, Mich©·le E. Morgan, and Jay Quade -- Freshwater molluscan fossils of the Siwalik record of the Potwar Plateau / Damayanti Gurung -- Fishes in the siwalik record / Catherine Badgley and Lois Roe -- Siwalik reptilia, exclusive of aves / Jason J. Head -- Siwalik birds / Antoine Louchart -- Siwalik hedgehogs, shrews, bats, and treeshrews / Lawrence J. Flynn -- Siwalik lagomorphs and rodents / Lawrence J. Flynn, Louis L. Jacobs, Yuri Kimura, Everett H. Lindsay, and Iqbal Umer Cheema -- Siwalik primates / Jay Kelley, Mich©·le E. Morgan, Eric Delson, and David Pilbeam -- Siwalik creodonta and carnivora / John C. Barry -- Tubulidentata and pholidota of the Siwalik record / Thomas Lehmann -- Siwalik proboscidea / Pascal Tassy and William J. Sanders -- Equidae from the Potwar Plateau, Pakistan / Raymond L. Bernor, Mich©·le E. Morgan, Sherry Nelson, and Gina M. Semprebon -- Siwalik chalicotheriidae / Susanne Cote and Margery C. Coombs -- Rhinocerotids from the Siwalik record / Pierre-Olivier Antoine -- Siwalik suidae and palaeochoeridae / Olivier Chavasseau -- Siwalik hippopotamoidea / Fabrice Lihoreau and Jean-Renaud Boisserie -- Siwalik tragulidae / John C. Barry -- Siwalik giraffoidea / Nikos Solounias and Melinda Danowitz -- Siwalik bovidae / Alan W. Gentry, Nikos Solounias, John C. Barry, and S. Mahmood Raza -- Reconstructing Siwalik miocene paleoecology from rocks and faunas / Anna K. Behrensmeyer and Mich©·le E. Morgan -- Siwalik mammalian community structure and patterns of faunal change / Mich©·le E. Morgan, Lawrence J. Flynn, and David Pilbeam -- Taxonomic and ecological dynamics of Siwalik / Mammalian Faunas, Catherine Badgley -- Highlights of the Siwalik record and future research opportunities / Catherine Badgley, Mich©·le E. Morgan, and David Pilbeam, with contributions from John C. Barry, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Lawrence J. Flynn, and S. Mahmood Raza.
Abstract "This groundbreaking book illuminates for the first time a mysterious and vibrant paleontological past, bringing together more than 40 years of exciting international collaborative studies that forge invaluable knowledge pathways for the ecologists, evolutionary scientists, and paleontologists of the future, and pose important questions about our fragile ecosystems in the present day"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2024035202
ISBN9781421450278 (hardcover)
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