| 书目名称 | Fossil Horses of South America |
| 副标题 | Phylogeny, Systemics |
| 编辑 | José Luis‘Prado,María Teresa Alberdi |
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| 概述 | Is a fascinating book about the development and extinction of horses in America.Written by two very prestigious mammal paleontologists.Researches the origins of horses in America and their extinction |
| 丛书名称 | The Latin American Studies Book Series |
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| 描述 | This book provides an update on the phylogeny, systematics and ecology of horses in South America based on data provided over the past three decades. The contemporary South American mammalian communities were shaped by the emergence of the Isthmus of Panama and by the profound climatic oscillations during the Pleistocene. Horses were a conspicuous group of immigrant mammals from North America that arrived in South America during the Pleistocene. This group is represented by 2 genera, Hippidion and Equus, which include small species (Hippidion devillei, H. saldiasi, E. andium and E. insulatus) and large forms (Equus neogeus and H. principale). Both groups arrived in South America via 2 different routes. One model designed to explain this migration indicates that the small forms used the Andes corridor, while larger horses used the eastern route and arrived through some coastal areas. Molecular dating (ancient DNA) suggests that the South American horses separated from the North Americantaxa (caballines and the New World stilt-legged horse) after 3.6 - 3.2 Ma, consistent with the final formation of the Panamanian Isthmus. Recent studies of stable isotopes in these horses indicate an |
| 出版日期 | Book 2017 |
| 关键词 | phylogeny; fossil horses in South America; Pleistocene; fossil record of horses; South American mammalia |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55877-6 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-85769-5 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-55877-6Series ISSN 2366-3421 Series E-ISSN 2366-343X |
| issn_series | 2366-3421 |
| copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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