The Natural History of Glyptodonts
暫譯: 古代巨龜的自然歷史

Quintana, Carlos Adrián

The Natural History of Glyptodonts
  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2026-01-03
  • 售價: $6,580
  • 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $6,251
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 323
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 303211571X
  • ISBN-13: 9783032115713

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This book describes about Glyptodonts that are probably the most intriguing and unusual xenarthrans that ever existed due their divergent morphology compared to the remaining mammals. If evolutionary processes had not given rise to the fascinating adaptations that shaped these peculiar creatures, not even the most audacious fantasy writer could have imagined them, even in their better creative moments.

The glyptodonts are one of the most representative clades in South America throughout much of the Cenozoic, synthesizing knowledge of their anatomy, phylogenetic relationships, and paleogeography is a worthwhile undertaking. This is the first book to systematically addresses the diversity of the extraordinary anatomy of these armored mammals and to present complementary illustrations of specimens from almost all species.

This book also explores the relationship between the diversity of glyptodonts with their phylogenetic relationships and the role of South American paleoenvironments in their geographic dispersion and fossil record. Additionally, it examines the relationship between these amazing animals and the first indigenous societies, contextualizing the most reliable archaeological information. Finally, the book describes the fluctuations of the study of glyptodonts over the last two centuries, exploring its history is a reflection of the history of vertebrate paleontology on the South American continent

商品描述(中文翻譯)

這本書描述了古甲獸（Glyptodonts），它們可能是最引人入勝且不尋常的異關節動物（xenarthrans），因為它們的形態與其他哺乳動物相比有著顯著的差異。如果進化過程沒有產生出塑造這些奇特生物的迷人適應，甚至最大膽的幻想作家也無法在他們最具創意的時刻想像出它們的樣子。

古甲獸是南美洲在新生代（Cenozoic）期間最具代表性的類群之一，綜合它們的解剖學、系統發生關係和古地理學的知識是一項值得的工作。這是第一本系統性地探討這些裝甲哺乳動物的非凡解剖多樣性，並呈現幾乎所有物種標本的補充插圖的書籍。

本書還探討了古甲獸的多樣性與其系統發生關係之間的關係，以及南美洲古環境在其地理分佈和化石記錄中的角色。此外，它還考察了這些驚人動物與第一批土著社會之間的關係，並將最可靠的考古信息進行背景化。最後，本書描述了過去兩個世紀以來古甲獸研究的波動，探索其歷史反映了南美洲脊椎動物古生物學的歷史。

作者簡介

Carlos Adrián Quinta is a researcher at the Archaeology Laboratory of the National University of Mar del Plata and Director of the Southeast School of Naturalist Guides. His work has focused on the research of extinct rodent diversity from Pliocene and Pleistocene strata in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has also worked on zooarchaeology and taphonomy at archaeological sites in the Tandilia mountain range in Buenos Aires province.

He has published over 40 articles in national and international peer-reviewed scientific journals including: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology; International Journal of Paleopathology; Ameghiniana; Journal of Mammalogy; Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society; Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural; Mastozoología Neotropical; Historia Animalium, Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, Current Research in the Pleistocene and Latin American Antiquity.

Additionally, he is actively involved in public communication of science. He has published numerous articles and five books on paleontology, archaeology, paleoenvironments, history of science, and critical thinking (one of which was awarded by the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Productive Innovation of the Nation in 2011).

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

卡洛斯·阿德里安·金塔（Carlos Adrián Quinta）是馬爾德普拉塔國立大學考古實驗室的研究員，也是東南自然導遊學校的主任。他的研究專注於阿根廷布宜諾斯艾利斯省中新世和更新世地層中滅絕囓齒動物的多樣性。他還在布宜諾斯艾利斯省的坦迪利山脈考古遺址從事動物考古學和化石學的研究。

他在國內外的同行評審科學期刊上發表了超過40篇文章，包括：《古地理學》、《古氣候學》、《古生態學》、《國際古病理學期刊》、《阿梅吉納納》、《哺乳動物學期刊》、《林奈學會動物學期刊》、《西班牙皇家自然歷史學會通訊》、《新熱帶哺乳動物學》、《動物歷史學》、《新熱帶動物群與環境研究》、《更新世當前研究》和《拉丁美洲古代研究》。

此外，他積極參與科學的公共傳播。他已發表了多篇文章和五本書籍，內容涵蓋古生物學、考古學、古環境、科學史和批判性思維（其中一本於2011年獲得國家科學、技術與生產創新部的獎項）。

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