{"product_id":"fossil-horses-systematics-paleobiology-and-evolution-of-the-family-equidae-paperback-9780521477086","title":"Fossil Horses; Systematics, Paleobiology, and Evolution of the Family Equidae (Paperback) 9780521477086","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFossil Horses\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSystematics, Paleobiology, and Evolution of the Family Equidae\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book synthesizes the large body of data and research relevant to an understanding of fossil horses from several disciplines including biology, geology and palaeontology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBruce J. MacFadden (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521477086, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 24 June 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages, 171 b\/w illus.  5 tables\u003cbr\u003e25.3 x 17.8 x 1.8 cm, 0.64 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Fossil Horses is excellent, giving a clear description of the known and complicated facts, plus a deep and satisfying discussion of the philosophical issues - orthogenesis, punctuated equilibrium, the role of variance (splitting of habitats) in the creation of new species, and so on. If evolution interests you or if you are a biologist with a penchant for horses, then this is the one to buy.' New Scientist\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: why study fossil horses?\u003cbr\u003e 2. A renaissance in paleontology\u003cbr\u003e 3. Orthogenesis and scientific thought: old notions die hard\u003cbr\u003e 4. Collections, museums, and exceptional discoveries\u003cbr\u003e 5. Systematics and phylogeny: Ungulata, Perissodactyla, and Equidae\u003cbr\u003e 6. Isotopes, magnetic reversals, fossils, and geological time\u003cbr\u003e 7. Ancient geography, changing climates, dispersal, and vicariance\u003cbr\u003e 8. Evolutionary processes: Variation, speciation, and extinction\u003cbr\u003e 9. Rates of morphological and taxonomic evolution\u003cbr\u003e 10. Trends, laws, direction, and progress in evolution\u003cbr\u003e 11. What's the use? functional morphology of feeding and locomotion\u003cbr\u003e 12. Population dynamics, behavioral ecology, and 'paleoethology'\u003cbr\u003e 13. Fifty-eight million years of community evolution\u003cbr\u003e 14. Epilogue: summary and perspective\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Subject index\u003cbr\u003e Taxonomic index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Palaeontology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Palaeontology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Palaeontology%20%5BRBX%5D%22\"\u003eRBX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004147519768,"sku":"9780521477086","price":69.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521477086i_450a6c39-a61e-4155-90f8-09aeb07cc8f3.jpg?v=1691382862","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fossil-horses-systematics-paleobiology-and-evolution-of-the-family-equidae-paperback-9780521477086","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}