Pleistocene Mammals of EuropeTransaction Publishers - 317 pages |
Contents
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CHRONOLOGY OF THE ICE AGE | 18 |
THE AGE OF INTERGLACIALS | 22 |
THE AGE OF GLACIATIONS | 28 |
Part Two Pleistocene Mammal Species | 37 |
INTRODUCING THE PLEISTOCENE MAMMALS | 39 |
ORDER INSECTIVORA | 42 |
ORDER ARTIODACTYLA | 153 |
ORDER RODENTIA | 191 |
ORDER LAGOMORPHA | 226 |
Part Three The Changing Fauna | 233 |
THE SPECIES PROBLEM IN THE QUATERNARY | 237 |
SIZE AND NUMBERS | 244 |
ORIGINATION OF SPECIES | 253 |
FAUNAL TURNOVER | 260 |
ORDER CHIROPTERA | 51 |
ORDER PRIMATES | 58 |
ORDER CARNIVORA | 62 |
ORDER PROBOSCIDEA | 130 |
ORDER PERISSODACTYLA | 139 |
ANIMAL GEOGRAPHY | 265 |
MAN AND THE FAUNA | 270 |
Appendix Stratigraphic Range of Species | 275 |
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