A Brief History of South American Metatherians Evolutionary Contexts
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
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Francisco J. Goin Michael O. Woodburne Ana Natalia Zimicz Gabriel M. Martin Laura Chornogubsky
A Brief History of South American Metatherians Evolutionary Contexts and Intercontinental Dispersals
Springer Earth System Sciences Series editors Philippe Blondel, Bath, UK Eric Guilyardi, Paris, France Jorge Rabassa, Ushuaia, Argentina Clive Horwood, Chichester, UK
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/10178
Francisco J. Goin Michael O. Woodburne Ana Natalia Zimicz Gabriel M. Martin Laura Chornogubsky •
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A Brief History of South American Metatherians Evolutionary Contexts and Intercontinental Dispersals
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Francisco J. Goin CONICET—División Paleontología Vertebrados Museo de La Plata La Plata Argentina
Gabriel M. Martin CIEMEP (CONICET) Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco Esquel Argentina
Michael O. Woodburne Department of Geology Museum of Northern Arizona Flagstaff, AZ USA
Laura Chornogubsky CONICET—División Paleontología de Vertebrados Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Buenos Aires Argentina
Ana Natalia Zimicz IBIGEO (CONICET) Universidad Nacional de Salta Salta Argentina
ISSN 2197-9596 Springer Earth System Sciences ISBN 978-94-017-7418-5 DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-7420-8
ISSN 2197-960X (electronic) ISBN 978-94-017-7420-8
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Preface
Twenty years ago I attended a conference about an ancient civilization from the Middle East. (By that time I had finished my doctoral studies and I was beginning to understand the diversity of one of the most complex, extinct metatherian faunas of all times: that of Yacimiento Las Flores, in central Patagonia, the levels and fauna of which can be traced to
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