Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs: Origins, Evolution, and Structure

Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Richard L. Cifelli, and Zhe-Xi Luo

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November, 2004
Cloth, 700 pages, 239 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-11918-4
$214.50 / £148.00

"A greatly needed summary and updating of new knowledge about early mammalian history.... both a milestone marking current progress in our understanding of these wonderful beasts and a starting line of challenges for future research." — Jason A. Lillegraven & William A. Clemens (foreword)

"Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs provides a solid foundation for the continuing quest to shed light on the extensive Mesozoic history of mammals." — Hans Sues, Science

"Only once in a decade, if then, is a milestone book such as this one published...Essential." — Choice

"A fantastic book on the new collections of Mesozoic mammals." — Journal of the AMerican Association of Forensic Dentists

"This book is a triumph... An essential reference" — Pam Gill, Paleontology Newsletter

"I am glad to own two copies... I expect to wear out both copies long before a comparable work emerges." — Timothy Rowe, Nature

"Quite interesting... every species of Mesozoic mammal currently known can be found between these covers." — Lynne M. Clos, Fossil News

"A valuable synthesis of what is known about early mammals... It will undoubtedly become the classic reference on the subject." — Southeastern Naturalist

"This is a volume that any self-respecting zoological or paleontological library should have on its shelves." — Douglas Palmer, Mammalian Biology

Related Subjects

• Biology
• Paleontology
• Zoology

About the Author

Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska is professor emeritus at the Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw and the University of Oslo. She was the leader of the Polish-Mongolian expedition to the Gobi Desert (1963–1971) that discovered spectacular dinosaurs and mammals. She has devoted most of her scientific life to the studies of the Mesozoic mammals. Richard L. Cifelli is curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and professor of zoology at the University of Oklahoma. He has led extensive field explorations of fossil vertebrates in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic of North and South Americas and studied the biogeographical and faunal evolution of early mammals. Zhe-Xi Luo is curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. He has actively explored fossil mammals and dinosaurs in China and in the United States and studied evolutionary morphology and phylogenetic relationships of early mammals and fossil whales.

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