期刊全称 | A Brief History of South American Metatherians | 期刊简称 | Evolutionary Context | 影响因子2023 | Francisco Goin,Michael Woodburne,Laura Chornogubsk | 视频video | | 发行地址 | Addresses the biotic and abiotic factors that provide a context for metatherian evolution in South America throughout the Cenozoic Era.Discusses the physiological constraints of living marsupials and | 学科分类 | Springer Earth System Sciences | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | .This book summarizes major aspects of the evolution of South American metatherians, including their epistemologic, phylogenetic, biogeographic, faunal, tectonic, paleoclimatic, and metabolic contexts. A brief overview of the evolution of each major South American lineage ("Ameridelphia", Sparassodonta, Didelphimorphia, Paucituberculata, Microbiotheria, and Polydolopimorphia) is provided. It is argued that due to physiological constraints, metatherian evolution closely followed the conditions imposed by global temperatures. In general terms, during the Paleocene and the early Eocene multiple radiations of metatherian lineages occurred, with many adaptive types exploiting insectivorous, frugivorous, and omnivorous adaptive zones. In turn, a mixture of generalized and specialized types, the latter mainly exploiting carnivorous and granivorous-folivorous adaptive zones, characterized the second half of the Cenozoic. In both periods, climate was the critical driver of their radiation andturnovers.. | Pindex | Book 2016 |
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