TY - BOOK AU - Berta,Annalisa TI - The rise of marine mammals: 50 million years of evolution SN - 9781421423265 AV - QL121 .R574 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Marine animals KW - Evolution KW - Mammals KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1501185&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -