The Beginning of the Age of Mammals

by Kenneth D. Rose and Kenneth D. Rose

In the tradition of G. G. Simpson's classic work, Kenneth D. Rose's The Beginning of the Age of Mammals analyzes the events that occurred directly before and after the mysterious K-T boundary which so quickly thrust mammals from obscurity to planetary dominance.

Rose surveys the evolution of mammals, beginning with their origin from cynodont therapsids in the Mesozoic, contemporary with dinosaurs, through the early Cenozoic, with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801884721
• ISBN13: 9780801884726
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 3.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.8" x 11.3"