Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. CONTRIBUTORS ix
4. PREFACE xiii
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
6. INTRODUCTION xvii
7. PHYSICAL AND TEMPORAL SETTING
8. 1. Tectonics and Geomorphology of Africa during the Phanerozoic 3
9. 2. Chronology of Paleogene Mammal Localities 19
10. 3. Chronology of Neogene Mammal Localities 27
11. 4. Global and African Regional Climate during the Cenozoic 45
12. 5. A Review of the Cenozoic Vegetation History of Africa 57
13. Part 1. Metatheria
14. 6. Marsupialia 77
15. Part 2. Afrotheria
16. 7. Ptolemaiida 83
17. 8. Macroscelidea 89
18. 9. Tenrecoidea 99
19. 10. Tubulidentata 107
20. 11. Bibymalagasia (Mammalia Incertae Sedis) 113
21. 12. Embrithopoda 115
22. 13. Hyracoidea 123
23. 14. Sirenia 147
24. 15. Proboscidea 161
25. 16. Paleogene “Insectivores” 253
26. Part 3. Euarchontoglires
27. 17. Rodentia 263
28. 18. Lagomorpha 305
29. 19. Paleogene Prosimians 319
30. 20. Later Tertiary Lorisiformes 333
31. 21. Subfossil Lemurs of Madagascar 351
32. 22. Paleogene Anthropoids 369
33. 23. Cercopithecoidea 393
34. 24. Dendropithecoidea, Proconsuloidea, and Hominoidea 429
35. 25. Hominini 471
36. Part 4. Laurasiatheria
37. 26. Creodonta 543
38. 27. Prionogalidae (Mammalia Incertae Sedis) 561
39. 28. Primitive Ungulates (“Condylarthra” and Stem Paenungulata) 563
40. 29. Neogene Insectivora 573
41. 30. Chiroptera 581
42. 31. Pholidota 599
43. 32. Carnivora 603
44. 33. Chalicotheriidae 659
45. 34. Rhinocerotidae 669
46. 35. Equidae 685
47. 36. Tragulidae 723
48. 37. Pecora Incertae Sedis 731
49. 38. Bovidae 741
50. 39. Giraffoidea 797
51. 40. Cervidae 813
52. 41. Camelidae 815
53. 42. Suoidea 821
54. 43. Anthracotheriidae 843
55. 44. Hippopotamidae 853
56. 45. Cetacea 873
57. BROADER PERSPECTIVES
58. 46. Systematics of Endemic African Mammals 903
59. 47. Mammal Species Richness in Africa 921
60. 48. Stable Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes in East African Mammals: Modern and Fossil 941
61. INDEX 953