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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Blaine W. Schubert , Jim I. Mead , Russell William GrahamPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Edition: 9th Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.866kg ISBN: 9780253342683ISBN 10: 0253342686 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 10 November 2003 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreliminary Table of Contents: List of Contributors Preface 1. Sloth Remains from North American Caves and Associated Karst Features H. Gregory McDonald 2. The Late Wisconsin Vertebrate History of Prince of Wales Island, Southeast Alaska Timothy H. Heaton and Fredrick Grady 3. Arvicoline Rodents from Screaming Neotoma Cave, Southern Colorado Plateau, Apache County, Arizona, with Comments on the Pleistocene Biogeography of Lemmiscus curtatus Christopher J. Bell and Jennifer Glennon 4. Late Pleistocene Faunas from Caves in the Eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona Jim I. Mead, Larry L. Coats, and Blaine W. Schubert 5. Pleistocene Tapir from Hill Top Cave, Trigg County, Kentucky, and a Review of Plio-Pleistocene Tapirs of North America and Their Paleoecology Russell Wm. Graham 6. Paleoecological Interpretation of Late Holocene and Late Pleistocene Micromammal Faunules from Duhme Cave, Eastern Iowa Carmen M. Jans-Langel and Holmes A. Semken, Jr. 7. A Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Mammalian Fauna from Little Beaver Cave, Central Ozarks, Missouri Blaine W. Schubert 8. A History of Paleontological Investigations of Quaternary Cave Deposits on the Edwards Plateau, Central Texas Ernest L. Lundelius, Jr. 9. Mammalian Fauna and Paleomagnetics of the Middle Irvingtonian (Early Pleistocene) Fyllan Cave and Kitchen Door Localities, Travis County, Texas Alisa J. Winkler and Wulf Gose 10. A Preliminary Report of the Late Quaternary Mammal Fauna from Loltún Cave, Yucatán, Mexico Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales and Ticul Alvarez (deceased) 11. Caves and the Pleistocene Vertebrate Paleontology of Mexico Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales and Oscar J. Polaco Index Contributors Ticul Alvarez (deceased), Laboratorio de Cordados Terrestres, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, I.P.N., Plan de Ayala y Carpio, 11340 México, D.F. Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, Laboratorio de Paleozoología, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 06060 México, D.F. Christopher J. Bell, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712. Larry L. Coats, Laboratory of Quaternary Paleontology, Quaternary Sciences Program and Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011. Jennifer Glennon, Department of Anthropology, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ 86001. Wulf Gose, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78705. Russell Wm. Graham, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO 80205. Timothy H. Heaton, Department of Earth Sciences, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069. Frederick Grady, Department of Paleobiology, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560. Carmen J. Jans-Langel, Department of Geosciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242. Ernest L. Lundelius, Jr., Department of Geological Sciences and Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, Texas Museum of Science and History, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712. H. Gregory McDonald, Geological Resources Division, National Park Service, Denver, CO 80225. Jim I. Mead, Laboratory of Quaternary Paleontology, Quaternary Sciences Program and Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011. Oscar J. Polaco, Biodiversity Programs Office, National Museum of Natural History, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560. Blaine W. Schubert, Environmental Dynamics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, and Geology Section, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL 62703. Holmes A. Semken, Jr., Department of Geosciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242. Alisa J. Winkler, Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275, and Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390.Reviews<p> Caves provide a tomb-like environment in which fossils can beexquisitely preserved. However, interpretation of cave fauna is complicated becauseorganisms may enter caves through a variety of mechanisms and because mixing offaunal elements of different ages is common. This book provides a sampling ofQuaternary-aged vertebrate faunas from localities ranging from Alaska to Mexico andCalifornia to Florida, and is an edited compilation of 11 peer-reviewed, relativelytechnical papers. Although other vertebrates are mentioned, the papers focus mainlyon Pleistocene mammals. Some papers include discussion of the complete faunulerecovered from individual cave localities, whereas other papers discuss a singlefossil group, such as ground sloths or tapirs. The papers are relatively technical, and typically include an extensive discussion (and description, in some cases) ofthe fossils from particular localities. Most of the papers include paleobiologicaland/or stratigraphic interpretations of th Author InformationBlaine W. Schubert is research associate in Geology, Department of Environmental Dynamics at the University of Arkansas. Jim I. Mead, is Professor of Geology and Paleonotology and Director of the Quaternary Sciences Program at Northern Arizona University. Russell Wm. Graham is Chief Curator and Head of the Collections and Research Branch, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science. He has edited three books and published more than 50 professional papers on evolution, biogeography, and extinction of Quaternary mammals. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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