There is a growing interest in the biological implications of
body size in animals. This parameter is now being used to make
inferences and predictions about not only the habits and habitat of
a particular species, but also as a way to understand patterns and
biases in the fossil record. This valuable collection of essays
presents and evaluates techniques of body-mass estimation and
reviews current and potential applications of body-size estimates
in paleobiology. Coverage is particularly detailed for carnivores,
primates and ungulates, but information is also presented on
marsupials, rodents and proboscideans. Body Size in Mammalian
Paleobiology will prove useful to researchers and graduate students
in paleontology, mammalogy, ecology and evolution programmes. It is
designed to be both a practical handbook for researchers making and
using body-size estimates, and a sourcebook of ideas for applying
body size to paleontological problems and directions for future
research.
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