Fossil Horses
Systematics, Paleobiology, and Evolution of the Family Equidae

The family Equidae have an extensive fossil record spanning the last 58 million years, and the evolution of the horse has frequently been used as a classic example of long-term evolution. In recent years, however, there have been many important discoveries of fossil horses, and these, in conjunction with such new methods as cladistics, and techniques like precise geochronology, have allowed us to achieve a much greater understanding of the evolution and biology of this important group. This book synthesizes the large body of data and research relevant to an understanding of fossil horses from several disciplines including biology, geology and palaeontology. Using horses as the central theme, the author weaves together in the text such topics as modern geochronology, palaeobiogeography, climate change, evolution and extinction, functional morphology, and population biology during the Cenozoic period.

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' … a scholarly account of horse evolution, bringing fossil horses back to life with his vivid analysis of the evidence and setting it all in the context of current ideas in palaeobiology … will surely stand as a worthy successor to the late George Gaylord Simpson's famous book Horses, …' The Times Higher Education Supplement

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Product details

• Date Published: September 1994
• format: Paperback
• isbn: 9780521477086
• length: 384 pages

• dimensions: 253 x 178 x 18 mm
• weight: 0.64kg
• contains: 171 b/w illus. 5 tables
• availability: Available