Fossil Mammals of Asia : Neogene Biostratigraphy and Chronology

__Fossil Mammals of Asia__, edited by and with contributions from world-renowned scholars, is the first major work devoted to the late Cenozoic (Neogene) mammalian biostratigraphy and geochronology of Asia. This volume employs cutting-edge biostratigraphic and geochemical dating methods to map the emergence of mammals across the continent. Written by specialists working in a variety of Asian regions, it uses data from many basins with spectacular fossil records to establish a groundbreaking geochronological framework for the evolution of land mammals. Asia's violent tectonic history has resulted in some of the world's most varied topography, and its high mountain ranges and intense monsoon climates have spawned widely diverse environments over time. These geologic conditions profoundly influenced the evolution of Asian mammals and their migration into Europe, Africa, and North America. Focusing on amazing new fossil finds that have redefined Asia's role in mammalian evolution, this volume synthesizes information from a range of field studies on Asian mammals and biostratigraphy, helping to trace the histories and movements of extinct and extant mammals from various major groups and all northern continents, and providing geologists with a richer understanding of a variety of Asian terrains. Contents Introduction: Toward a Continental Asian Biostratigraphic and Geochronologic Framework PART I: EAST ASIA 1. Neogene Land Mammal Staegs/Ages of China: Toward the Goal to Establish an Asian Land Mammal Stage/Age Scheme 2. North China Neogene Biochronology: A Chinese Standard 3. A Single-Point Base Definition of the Xiejian Age as an Exemplar for Refining Chinese Land Mammal Ages 4. Early Miocene Xiejiahe and Sihong Fossil Localities and Their Faunas, Eastern China 5. Neogene Faunal Succession and Biochronology of Central Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia) 6. Mammalian Biochronology of the Late Miocene Bahe Formation 7. Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Classical Dragon Bone Localities of Baode County, Shanxi Province 8. Review of the Litho-, Bio-, and Chronostratigraphy in the Nihewan Basin, Hebei, China 9. Late Cenozoic Biostratigraphy of the Linxia Basin, Northwestern China 10. Neogene Mammalian Biostratigraphy and Geochrnology of the Tibetan Plateau 11. Hominoid-Producing Localities and Biostratigraphy in Yunnan 12. Miocene Land Mammals and Stratigraphy of Japan 13. Pliocene Land Mammals of Japan PART II: SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA 14. The Siwaliks and Neogene Evolutionary Biology in South Asia 15. The Neogene Siwaliks of the Potwar Plateau, Pakistan 16. Mammalian Neogene Biostratigraphy of the Sulaiman Province, Pakistan 17. Indian Neogene Siwalik Mammalian Biostratigraphy: An Overview 18. Paleobiogeography and South Asian Small Mammals: Neogene Latitudinal Faunal Variation 19. Advances in the Biochronology and Biostratigraphy of the Continental Neogene of Myanmar PART III: NORTH AND CENTRAL ASIA 20. Miocene Mammal Biostratigraphy of Central Mongolia (Valley of Lakes): New Results 21. Late Cenozoic Mammal Faunas of the Baikalian Region: Composition, Biochronology, Disperasal, and Correlation with Central Asia 22. New Data on Miocene Biostratigraphy and Paleoclimatology of Olkhon Islan (Lake Baikal, Siberia) PART IV: WEST ASIA AND ADJACENT REGIONS 23. Late Miocene Mammal Localities of Eastern Europe and Western Asia 24. Late Miocene (Turolian) Vertebrate Faunas from Southern European Russia 25. Recent Advances in Paleobiological Reserach of the Late Miocene Maragheh Fauna, Northwest Iran 26. A Review of the Neogene Succession of the Muridae and Dipodidae from Anatolia, wiht Special Reference to Taxa Known from Asia and/or Europe 27. Late Miocene Fossils from the Baynunah Formation, United Arab Emirates: Summary of a Decade of New Work 28. Neogene Mammal Biostratigraphy and Chronology of Greece PART V: ZOOGEOGRAPHY AND PALEOECOLOGY 29. Contintental-Scale Patterns in Neogene Mammal Community Evolution and Biogeography: A Europe-Asia Perspective 30. Intercontinental Dispersals of Sicistine Rodents (Sicistinae, Dipodidae, Rodentia) Between Eurasia and North America 31. Paeleodiatary Comparisons of Ungulates Between the Late Miocene of China, and Pikermi and Samos in Greece List of Contributors Taxonomic Index General Index A scholarly work devoted to the late Cenozoic (Neogene) mammalian biostratigraphy and geochronology of Asia, this volume deploys cutting edge biostratigraphical and geochemical dating methods to map the emergence of mammals across the continent. The book focuses on new fossil finds that have redefined Asia's role in mammalian evolution, and synthesizes information from a range of field studies on Asian mammals and biostratigraphy "This book is on the emergence of mammals in Asia, based largely on new fossil finds throughout Asia and cutting-edge biostratigraphic and geochemical methods of dating the fossils and their geological substrate"--Provided by publisher