South American and Antarctic Continental Cenozoic Birds : Paleobiogeographic Affinities and Disparities /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013. |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences,
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Paleogeograpic background
- Geological settings of the major fossil localities in South America and Antarctica
- The nature of the bird fossil record
- The Paleogene birds of South America
- Eocene birds from Antarctica and their relationships with those of South America
- The Neogene birds of South America
- The dominance of zoophagous birds
- Bioconections of South America and other continents: What is and what is not possible to conclude.