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_2doi
100 1 _aHarrison, Terry.
_eeditor.
245 1 0 _aPaleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context
_h[electronic resource] :
_bVolume 2: Fossil Hominins and the Associated Fauna /
_cedited by Terry Harrison.
264 1 _aDordrecht :
_bSpringer Netherlands,
_c2011.
300 _aXIV, 602 p.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aVertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology,
_x1877-9077
505 0 _a1 Introduction -- 2 Rodents -- 3 The lower third premolar of Serengetilagus praecapensis (Mammalia: Lagomorpha: Leporidae) from Laetoli, Tanzania -- 4 Macroscelidea -- 5 Galagidae (Lorisoidea, Primates) -- 6 Cercopithecids (Cercopithecidae, Primates) -- 7 Hominins from the Upper Laetolil and Upper Ndolanya Beds, Laetoli -- 8 Carnivora -- 9 Proboscidea -- 10 Orycteropodidae -- 11 Rhinoceroses -- 12 Equidae -- 13 Suidae -- 14 Giraffidae -- 15 Bovidae 16 Amphibia and Squamata -- 17 Tortoises (Chelonii, Testudinidae) -- 18 Aves -- 19 Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) -- 20 Lepidoptera, Insecta -- 21 Trace fossils interpreted in relation to the extant termite fauna at Laetoli, Tanzania -- 22 Gastropoda.
520 _aThis volume 2 and its companion volume 1 present the results of new investigations into the geology, paleontology and paleoecology of the early hominin site of Laetoli in northern Tanzania. The site is one of the most important paleontological and paleoanthropological sites in Africa, worldrenowned for the discovery of fossils of the early hominin Australopithecus afarensis, as well as remarkable trails of its footprints. The first volume provides new evidence on the geology, geochronology, ecology, ecomorphology and taphonomy of the site. The second volume describes newly discovered fossil hominins from Laetoli, belonging to Australopithecus afarensis and Paranthropus aethiopicus, and presents detailed information on the systematics and paleobiology of the diverse associated fauna. Together, these contributions provide one of the most comprehensive accounts of a fossil hominin site, and they offer important new insights into the early stages of human evolution and its context.
650 0 _aGeography.
650 0 _aGeology.
650 0 _aPaleontology.
650 0 _aAnimal ecology.
650 0 _aEvolution (Biology).
650 1 4 _aEarth Sciences.
650 2 4 _aPaleontology.
650 2 4 _aGeology.
650 2 4 _aEvolutionary Biology.
650 2 4 _aAnimal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.
650 2 4 _aAnimal Ecology.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9789048199617
830 0 _aVertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology,
_x1877-9077
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9962-4
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