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The rise of marine mammals : 50 million years of evolution / Annalisa Berta ; graphics editor, James L. Sumich ; illustrations by Carl Buell, Robert Boessenecker, William Stout, and Ray Troll.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2017.Description: 1 online resource (198 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421423265
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QL121 .R574 2017
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Contents:
The oldest marine mammals : whales and sea cows -- Later diverging whales : Neoceti -- Aquatic carnivores : pinnipeds and a bear-like carnivoran -- Crown sirenians and their desmostylian relatives -- Aquatic sloths and recent occupants of the sea-sea otters and polar bears -- Diversity changes through time : the influence of climate change and humans.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Setting the stage : rocks, fossils and evolution -- The oldest marine mammals : whales and sea cows -- Later diverging whales : Neoceti -- Aquatic carnivores : pinnipeds and a bear-like carnivoran -- Crown sirenians and their desmostylian relatives -- Aquatic sloths and recent occupants of the sea-sea otters and polar bears -- Diversity changes through time : the influence of climate change and humans.

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