TY - BOOK ID - 77895429 TI - Megafauna AU - Fariña, Richard A AU - Vizcaíno, Sergio F AU - De Iuliis, Gerardo PY - 2012 SN - 0253007194 1299466834 9780253007193 9780253002303 0253002303 9781299466838 PB - Bloomington DB - UniCat KW - Geology, Stratigraphic KW - Paleobiology KW - Mammals, Fossil KW - Palaeobiology KW - Biology KW - Paleontology KW - Amniotes, Fossil KW - Vertebrates, Fossil KW - Ice Age KW - Pleistocene Epoch KW - Glacial epoch UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77895429 AB - More than 10,000 years ago spectacularly large mammals roamed the pampas and jungles of South America. This book tells the story of these great beasts during and just after the Pleistocene, the geological epoch marked by the great ice ages. Megafauna describes the history and way of life of these animals, their comings and goings, and what befell them at the beginning of the modern era and the arrival of humans. It places these giants within the context of the other mammals then alive, describing their paleobiology-how they walked; how much they weighed; their diets, behavior, biomechanics; ER -