Palaeoecology and Palaeoenvironments of Late Cenozoic Mammals: Tributes to the Career of C.S. (Rufus) Churcher

Kathlyn Stewart; Kevin Seymour

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Palaeoecology and Palaeoenvironments of Late Cenozoic Mammals

Tributes to the Career of C.S. (Rufus) Churcher

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Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1996

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The papers focus on late Cenozoic mammals in North America and Africa and provide both site-specific descriptions of faunas and their associated geological contexts, and more general syntheses of regional palaeoenvironments and biogeography.

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Stewart Kathlyn :

Kathlyn M. Stewart is a research scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa.

Seymour Kevin :

Kevin. Seymour is a curatorial assistant, Department of Vertebrate Palaeontology, Royal Ontario Museum.

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Contributors
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Preface
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C.S. 'Rufus' Churcher - The man from Aldershot
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Kevin L. Seymour

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North American Quaternary Mammals: Palaeoecology and Palaeoenvironments
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Diversity bottlenecks, oddball survivors, and negative keys
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William A. Akersten

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Comparison of mammalian response to glacialinterglacial transitions in the middle and late Pleistocene
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Anthony D. Barnosky, Tina I. Rouse, Elizabeth A. Hadly, David L. Wood, Felicia L. Keesing and Victor A. Schmidt

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Review of Pleistocene zoogeography of prairie dogs (genus Cynomys) in western Canada with notes on their burrow architecture
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James A. Burns

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Pleistocene and Holocene vertebrates as models for the study of evolutionary patterns
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Robert L. Carroll

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Selective mortality of mastodons (Mammut americanum) from the Port Kennedy Cave (Pleistocene; lrvingtonian), Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
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Edward B. Daeschler

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Middle Pleistocene (early Rancholabrean) vertebrates and associated marine and non-marine invertebrates from Oldsmar, Pinellas County, Florida
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P.F. Karrow, G.S. Morgan, R. W. Portell, E. Simons and K. Auffenberg

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Population structure of the late Pliocene (Blancan) zebra Equus simplicidens (Perissodactyla: Equidae) from the Hagerman Horse Quarry, Idaho
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H. Gregory McDonald

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Current status of North American Sangamonian local faunas and vertebrate taxa
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John D. Pinsof

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Distribution and size variation in North American Short-faced bears, Arctodus simus
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Ronald L. Richards, C.S. Churcher and William D. Turnbull

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Origin of the vertebrate fossil sites near Medicine Hat, Alberta
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A. Macs. Stalker

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North American Quaternary Mammals: Faunas and Morphological Analyses
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A preliminary report on the Carnivore of Porcupine Cave, Park County, Colorado
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Elaine Anderson

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Force generation by the jaw adductor musculature at different gapes in the Pleistocene sabretoothed felid Smilodon
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Harold N. Bryant

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A review of Pleistocene giant armadillos (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Pampatheriidae)
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A . Gordon Edmund

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A spectacular specimen of the elk-moose Cervalces scotti from Noble County, Indiana, U.S.A.
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James O. Farlow and Jana McClain

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Tracking Ice Age felids: Identification of tracks of Panthera atroxfrom a cave in southern Missouri, U.S.A.
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Russell W. Graham, James O. Farlow and James E. Vandike

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Pleistocene mammals of Dublin Gulch and the Mayo District, Yukon Territory
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C.R. Harington

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The masticatory apparatus of the American mastodon (Mammut americanum)
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Richard S. Laub

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Pleistocene caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in the eastern United States: New records and range extensions
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Jerry N. McDonald, Clayton E. Ray and Frederick Grady

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Dental evolution and size change in the North American muskrat: Classification and tempo of a presumed phyletic sequence
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Robert A. Martin

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Early Rancholabrean mammals from Salamander Cave, Black Hills, South Dakota
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Jim I. Mead, Carol Manganaro, Charles A. Repenning and Larry D. Agenbroad

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Late and middle Pleistocene vertebrate fossils from Old Crow Basin, Locality CRH 15, northern Yukon Territory
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Richard E. Morlan

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Late Cenozoic Mammals of Africa Palaeoecology and Palaeoenvironments
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Antlers in America: Ossicones in Africa
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Edwin H. Colbert

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Sexual dimorphism in Antidorcas recki from Bolt's Farm, South Africa, in the University of California collections
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H.B.S. Cooke

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A review of Dietrich's hipparions from South Serengeti (Tanzania) and a comparison with similar materials
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Ann Forsten

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A fossil Budorcas (Mammalia, Bovidae) from Africa
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A.W. Gentry

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Basicranial anatomy of the giant viverrid from 'E' Quarry, Langebaanweg, South Africa
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Robert M. Hunt

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The identification of Equus skulls to species, with particular reference to the craniometric and systematic affinities of the extinct South African quagga
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Richard G. Klein and Kathryn Cruz-Uribe

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Temporal variability in horn-core dimensions of Damaliscus nirofrom Olduvai, Sterkfontein, Cornelia, and Florisbad
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J.F. Thackeray, J.S. Brink and I. Plug

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The fossil and living Hyaenidae of Africa: Present status
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Lars Werdelin and Alan Turner

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Is the rodent Acomys a murine? An evaluation using morphometric techniques
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Xiaofeng Xu, Alisa J. Winkler and Louis L. Jacobs

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Palaeoecology and Palaeoenvironments of Late Cenozoic Mammals

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

Contributors

Preface

C.S. 'Rufus' Churcher - The man from Aldershot

Diversity bottlenecks, oddball survivors, and negative keys

Comparison of mammalian response to glacialinterglacial transitions in the middle and late Pleistocene

Review of Pleistocene zoogeography of prairie dogs (genus Cynomys) in western Canada with notes on their burrow architecture

Pleistocene and Holocene vertebrates as models for the study of evolutionary patterns

Selective mortality of mastodons (Mammut americanum) from the Port Kennedy Cave (Pleistocene; lrvingtonian), Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Middle Pleistocene (early Rancholabrean) vertebrates and associated marine and non-marine invertebrates from Oldsmar, Pinellas County, Florida

Population structure of the late Pliocene (Blancan) zebra Equus simplicidens (Perissodactyla: Equidae) from the Hagerman Horse Quarry, Idaho

Current status of North American Sangamonian local faunas and vertebrate taxa

Distribution and size variation in North American Short-faced bears, Arctodus simus

Origin of the vertebrate fossil sites near Medicine Hat, Alberta

A preliminary report on the Carnivore of Porcupine Cave, Park County, Colorado

Force generation by the jaw adductor musculature at different gapes in the Pleistocene sabretoothed felid Smilodon

A review of Pleistocene giant armadillos (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Pampatheriidae)

A spectacular specimen of the elk-moose Cervalces scotti from Noble County, Indiana, U.S.A.

Tracking Ice Age felids: Identification of tracks of Panthera atroxfrom a cave in southern Missouri, U.S.A.

Pleistocene mammals of Dublin Gulch and the Mayo District, Yukon Territory

The masticatory apparatus of the American mastodon (Mammut americanum)

Pleistocene caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in the eastern United States: New records and range extensions

Dental evolution and size change in the North American muskrat: Classification and tempo of a presumed phyletic sequence

Early Rancholabrean mammals from Salamander Cave, Black Hills, South Dakota

Late and middle Pleistocene vertebrate fossils from Old Crow Basin, Locality CRH 15, northern Yukon Territory

Antlers in America: Ossicones in Africa

Sexual dimorphism in Antidorcas recki from Bolt's Farm, South Africa, in the University of California collections

A review of Dietrich's hipparions from South Serengeti (Tanzania) and a comparison with similar materials

A fossil Budorcas (Mammalia, Bovidae) from Africa

Basicranial anatomy of the giant viverrid from 'E' Quarry, Langebaanweg, South Africa

The identification of Equus skulls to species, with particular reference to the craniometric and systematic affinities of the extinct South African quagga

Temporal variability in horn-core dimensions of Damaliscus nirofrom Olduvai, Sterkfontein, Cornelia, and Florisbad

The fossil and living Hyaenidae of Africa: Present status

Is the rodent Acomys a murine? An evaluation using morphometric techniques

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