Multidisciplinary investigations on the origins and evolution of the extinct ungulate order Notoungulata (Mammalia: Placentalia) and the extinct muskox genus Bootherium (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Bovidae)

• Main Author: West, Abagael Rosemary
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: Columbia University 2017
• Subjects: Paleontology; Geology; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Biology > Classification; Notoungulata; Evolution Biology; Salma; musk ox; muskox; ovibos moschatus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8n3086z; https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8N3086Z

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...