The fossil record and macroevolutionary history of North American ungulate ungulate mammals: standardizing variation in intensity and geography of sampling

• Published in: Paleobiology Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 238 - 255
• Main Author: Marcot, Jonathan D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Paleontological Society 01.03.2014; Paleontological Society
• Subjects: biologic evolution; Cenozoic; Chordata; Eutheria; extinction; faunal studies; Mammalia; North America; Paleontology; s; sampling; speciation; Tetrapoda; Theria; Ungulata; United States; Vertebrata; vertebrate; Western U.S

The record of the taxonomic evolution of North American ungulates is critical to our understanding of mammalian evolution and environmental change throughout the Cenozoic. The distribution of sampling in the ungulate fossil record over time and geographic space and the degree to which this biases th...