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• Title:The rise of marine mammals : 50 million years of evolution / Annalisa Berta ; graphics editor, James L. Sumich ; illustrations by Carl Buell, Robert Boessenecker, William Stout, and Ray Troll.
  
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• Author/Creator:Berta, Annalisa, author.
  
• Published/Created:Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QL121 .B47 2017
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Marine animals--Evolution.
  Mammals--Evolution.
  
• Description:198 pages ; 29 cm
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781421423258 hardcover alkaline paper
  1421423251 hardcover alkaline paper
  9781421423265 electronic book
  142142326X electronic book
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Setting the Stage: Rocks, Fossils, and Evolution
  2. Oldest Marine Mammals: Whales and Sea Cows
  3. Later-Diverging Whales: Neoceti
  4. Aquatic Carnivorans: Pinnipeds and a Bear-like Carnivoran
  5. Crown Sirenians and Their Desmostylian Relatives
  6. Aquatic Sloths and Recent Occupants of the Sea, Sea Otters and Polar Bears
  7. Diversity Changes through Time: The Influence of Climate Change and Humans.