TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fariña,Richard A.
AU  - Vizcaíno,Sergio F.
AU  - De Iuliis,Gerardo
TI  - Megafauna: giant beasts of Pleistocene South America 
T2  - Life of the Past
SN  - 0253007194
AV  - QE881 .M475 2012
U1  - 569.098 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Bloomington
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Mammals, Fossil
KW  - South America
KW  - Paleobiology
KW  - Geology, Stratigraphic
KW  - Pleistocene
KW  - Mammifères fossiles
KW  - Amérique du Sud
KW  - Paléobiologie
KW  - Stratigraphie
KW  - Pléistocène
KW  - NATURE
KW  - Fossils
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - Life Sciences
KW  - Zoology
KW  - Mammals
KW  - fast
KW  - Pleistocene Geologic Epoch
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcshgf
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Paleontology and science : what is science? -- Distinguished paleomammalogists -- Geological and ecological history of South America during the Cenozoic era -- North American late Cenozoic faunas -- The Great American Biotic Interchange and Pleistocene habitats in South America -- Bestiary -- Physics of the giants -- General paleoecology -- Extinction
N2  - More than 10,000 years ago spectacularly large mammals roamed the pampas and jungles of South America. This book tells the story of these great beasts during and just after the Pleistocene, the geological epoch marked by the great ice ages. Megafauna describes the history and way of life of these animals, their comings and goings, and what befell them at the beginning of the modern era and the arrival of humans. It places these giants within the context of the other mammals then alive, describing their paleobiology-how they walked; how much they weighed; their diets, behavior, biomechanics
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