The Cenozoic Era

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ISBN: 9781615301447 | 1615301445
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Copyright: 8/15/2010

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Its constant evolution over the millennia since its inception has made the Earth a dynamic entity, subject to numerous climactic and environmental forces that are forever changing this planet. In its most recent stage, the planet has seen an incredible diversification in plant and animal life, with the most prominent development of the Cenozoic era being the emergence of mammals. This book examines our most immediate ancestors and the geologic, geographic, and environmental factors that helped make their primacy inevitable.

Introduction	p. 12
An Overview of Cenozoic Time	p. 21
Geologic Processes	p. 24
Cenozoic Life	p. 27
The Tertiary Period	p. 30
The Tertiary Environment	p. 31
Paleogeography	p. 32
Paleoclimate	p. 38
Tertiary Life	p. 42
Flowering Plants and Grasses	p. 43
Birds	p. 45
The Rise of Mammals	p. 46
Mammalian Migration from Eurasia to North America	p. 48
Mammalian Migration Between North and South America	p. 49
Primates	p. 50
Life in the Oceans	p. 52
Marine Extinctions and Recovery	p. 52
The Radiation of Invertebrates	p. 53
Large Marine Animals	p. 54
Foraminiferans	p. 54
Tertiary Rocks	p. 55
The Major Subdivisions of the Tertiary System	p. 56
The Occurrence and Distribution of Tertiary Deposits	p. 58
Volcanism and Orogenesis	p. 59
Sedimentary Sequences	p. 63
Establishing Tertiary Boundaries	p. 66
The Correlation of Tertiary Strata	p. 70
The Paleogene Period	p. 73
The Paleocene Epoch	p. 73
Danian Stage	p. 75
Selandian Stage	p. 76
Thanetian Stage	p. 76
The Eocene Epoch	p. 77
Ypresian Stage	p. 80
Lutetian Stage	p. 80
Bartonian Stage	p. 81
Priabonian Stage	p. 81
The Oligocene Epoch	p. 81
Rupelian Stage	p. 84
Chattian Stage	p. 85
Significant Life-forms of the Paleogene Period	p. 85
Arsinoitherium	p. 86
Barylambda	p. 86
Basilosaurus	p. 86
Borhyaenidae	p. 87
Brontothere	p. 87
Coryphodon	p. 88
Dawn Horse	p. 88
Diatryma	p. 90
Hyaenodon	p. 90
Indricotherium	p. 90
Litoptern	p. 91
Mesohippus	p. 92
Miacis	p. 92
Miohippus	p. 94
Moeritherium	p. 94
Notharctus	p. 96
Notoungulata	p. 97
Nummulites	p. 97
Olive Shell	p. 98
Phenacodus	p. 98
Ptilodus	p. 99
Sabre-toothed Cats	p. 100
Taeniodont	p. 101
Titanothere	p. 102
Uintatherium	p. 103
Venericardia	p. 103
The Neogene Period	p. 104
The Miocene Epoch	p. 104
Aquitanian Stage	p. 107
Burdigalian Stage	p. 108
Langhian Stage	p. 108
Serravallian Stage	p. 108
Tortonian Stage	p. 109
Messinian Stage	p. 110
The Pliocene Epoch	p. 110
Zanclean Stage	p. 112
Piacenzian Stage	p. 113
Significant Life-forms of the Neogene Period	p. 113
Camelops	p. 114
Cave bear	p. 114
Chalicotherium	p. 115
Dinohyus	p. 116
Dryopithecus	p. 116
Gigantopithecus	p. 118
Glans	p. 118
Glyptodon	p. 119
Mastodon	p. 119
Merychippus	p. 121
Moropus	p. 121
Oreopithecus	p. 122
Pliohippus	p. 122
Ramapithecus	p. 123
Riversleigh Fossils	p. 124
Sivapithecus	p. 125
Thylacosmilus	p. 126
The Quaternary Period	p. 127
The Quaternary Environment	p. 129
Glaciation	p. 129
The ôIce Agesö	p. 130
Glacial Remnants	p. 132
Sea-level Changes	p. 137
Paleoclimate	p. 139
Quaternary Life	p. 140
Fauna and Flora	p. 141
Hominin Evolution	p. 144
Quaternary Geology	p. 148
The Economic Significance of Quaternary Deposits	p. 149
Types of Quaternary Sediments	p. 150
The Correlation of Quaternary Deposits	p. 153
Significant Life-forms of the Quaternary Period	p. 154
Aepyornis	p. 154
Castoroides	p. 155
Diprotodon	p. 156
Dire Wolf	p. 156
Irish Elk	p. 156
Mammoth	p. 157
Megatherium	p. 159
Mylodon	p. 159
Toxodon	p. 161
Woolly Rhinoceros	p. 162
The Pleistocene Epoch	p. 163
Pleistocene Stratigraphy	p. 164
The Marine Oxygen Isotope Record	p. 164
Loess-Paleosol Records	p. 167
Glacial Records	p. 168
Ice-core Records	p. 172
The Pliocene-Pleistocene Boundary	p. 173
Stages of the Pleistocene Epoch	p. 175
Gelasian Stage	p. 175
Calabrian Stage	p. 176
Ionian Stage	p. 177
Tarantian Stage	p. 177
Pleistocene Events and Environments	p. 178
Glaciation	p. 178
Periglacial Environments	p. 182
Lacustrine Environments	p. 182
Fluvial Environments	p. 186
Coastal Environments and Sea-level Changes	p. 188
Eolian Activity	p. 189
Tectonic and Isostatic Movements	p. 190
Pleistocene Fauna and Flora	p. 192
Evolutionary Changes	p. 192
The Migration of Plants and Animals	p. 194
Megafaunal Extinctions	p. 196
Cause of the Climatic Changes and Glaciations	p. 197
The Holocene Epoch	p. 201
Holocene Stratigraphy	p. 203
Chronology and Correlation	p. 203
The Pleistocene-Holocene Boundary	p. 206
The Nature of the Holocene Record	p. 206
Deep Oceanic Deposits	p. 207
Continental Shelf and Coastal Regions	p. 209
Other Coastal Regions	p. 215
Holocene Environment and Biota	p. 216
Floral Change	p. 216
Faunal Change	p. 218
Holocene Climatic Trends and Chronology	p. 220
The Classical Roman Period	p. 223
The Late Roman Period	p. 224
The Post-Roman and Carolingian Period	p. 224
The Viking-Norman Period	p. 225
The Medieval Cool Period	p. 226
The Little Ice Age	p. 228
The Industrial Age (1850-1950)	p. 229
The Cenozoic and Beyond	p. 231
Glossary	p. 232
For Further Reading	p. 234
Index	p. 236
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