Multidisciplinary investigations on the origins and evolution of the extinct ungulate order Notoungulata (Mammalia: Placentalia) and the extinct muskox genus Bootherium (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Bovidae)
This dissertation is an exploration of phenomena on varying scales, built on the backbone of Cenozoic mammalian biochronologic units (Land Mammal ‘Ages’): the integration of fossil and geological data to constrain spatiotemporal patterns in evolution. I develop and test hypotheses about the origins...
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Columbia University
2017
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Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8n3086z https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8N3086Z |