A History of Savanna Vertebrates in the New World. Part I: North America
Webb SD. 1977. A History of Savanna Vertebrates in the New World. Part I: North America. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 8:355-380
The purpose of this review is to elucidate the evolutionary history of open-country biota, and particularly the vertebrates in that biota, in North and South America. A fundamental assumption here is that the New World record of fossil vertebrates is sufficient to reveal much of this history during successive ages of the Cenozoic. It is believed that it can indicate major adaptive tendencies, relative abundance of various adaptive types, approximate phylogenetic relationships, and even geographic patterns of distribution among Cenozoic American vertebrates.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Webb, S
- Units
- BADL
- Keywords
- Animals, Cenozoic, Evolution, Fossils, Geology, North America, Paleontology, Prehistoric Mammals, South America