Xiaoming Wang and Richard H. Tedford have spent the past 20 years studying the evolutionary history of the family Canidae. Both are well known for having established the modern framework for the evolutionary relationship of canids. Combining their research with Mauricio Anton's impeccable reconstructions of both extinct and extant species, Wang and Tedford present a remarkably detailed and nuanced portrait of the origin and evolution of canids over the past 40 million years. The authors cull their history from the most ...
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Xiaoming Wang and Richard H. Tedford have spent the past 20 years studying the evolutionary history of the family Canidae. Both are well known for having established the modern framework for the evolutionary relationship of canids. Combining their research with Mauricio Anton's impeccable reconstructions of both extinct and extant species, Wang and Tedford present a remarkably detailed and nuanced portrait of the origin and evolution of canids over the past 40 million years. The authors 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. The fossil record of the Canidae, particularly those from their birth place in North America, are the strongest of their kind among known groups of carnivorans. Such a wonderfully detailed evolutionary history provides access to a natural history that is not possible with many other groups of carnivorans. 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 remain entrenched in extreme predatory specializations. The innovative illustrated approach in this book is the perfect accompaniment to an extremely important branch of animal and fossil study. It transforms the science of paleontology into a thrilling visual experience and provides an unprecedented reference for anyone fascinated by dogs.
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Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives And Evolutionary Hist
Chapter 1 -- Methods Of Study And The Place Of Dogs In Nature defines all members of the order Carnivora as having carnassial teeth, which are the upper fourth premolar and the lower first molar that function together as shears. Chapter 2 -- The Origin Of Canids And Other Doglike Carnivorous Mammals features early forms that have long, thick snouts; Figure 2.9 -- Comparison Of Hyaenodon horridus And Hyainailouros sulzeri (page 17) shows life appearances and the difference in body sizes of two hyaenodontid creodonts. Chapter 3 -- Diversity -- Who Is Who In The Dog Family features the more doglike forms of Aelurodon ferox (Figure 3.17 on page 44), Epicyon haydeni (Figure 3.21 on page 48), and Borophagus diversidens (Figure 3.22 on page 49) as well as the recent Dire Wolf (Figure 3.32 on page 61) and Gray Wolf (Figure 3.36 on page 64). In Chapter 4 -- Anatomy And Function -- How The Parts Work, the skull and jaw of the Gray Wolf (Figure 4.3 on page 72) is contrasted with the skull and jaw of the Leopard (Figure 4.4 on page 76), which has a shortened rostrum (snout) and heightened, sharpened carnassial teeth, and the skull and jaw of the Cave Bear (Figure 4.5 on page 77), which has shortened, broadened carnassial teeth and large, broad molars. The art image in Plate 2 -- Life Reconstruction Of Enhydrocyon is so excellent that it looks like a vibrant photograph of the feeding animal and surrounding ground in fading sunlight. Chapter 5 -- Hunting And Social Activity describes large canids' effective use of social hunting because of the lack of individual capturing ability. In Chapter 8 -- Domestic Dogs, the validity of Stanley Olsen's theory that wolves staying around human settlements for discarded food enabled the first domestications (page 163) was shown by the observations of British hunter George Frederick Ruxton of the 1800s, who wrote about wolves intelligently following hunters and waiting for opportunities to garner food.
ojunco
Jan 1, 2010
Texto de X. Wang excelente ,y magnificos dibujos de M .Anton, el mejor pintor de peleontologia que conozco.
Libro muy recomendable., y sería muy deseable que apareciesen más trabajos como éste de distintos grupos de mamíferos.
