Origin and Early Evolution of the North American Tapiroidea (Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, Bulletin 17)

Leonard Radinksy

Verlag: Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 1963

Beschreibung

1963 first edition, Peabody Museum of National History, Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) 6 7/8 x 10 inches tall paperbound in grey printed covers, blue lettering to front cover and spine, 106 pp. plus four full-page plates, with description on facing page. Very slight edgewear and marginal sun fading to covers. Ink prior owner name and number to upper margin of front cover. About ten pages with underlining. Otherwise, apart from a couple of pages with very slight marginal soiling, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~K~ [1.5P] Details the fossil record and phylogeny of North American tapir-like animals from the Eocene and Oligocene epochs. The work, issued as Bulletin 17 of the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University, provides a taxonomic revision of early tapiroid genera and analyzes skeletal features suggesting the development of a proboscis in these animals.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers K-1052-15289

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Origin and Early Evolution of the North American Tapiroidea (Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, Bulletin 17)
• Verlag: Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1963
• Sprache: Englisch
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: Good
• Gewicht: 24 Unzen
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Paleontology