The Walking Whales : (Record no. 36967)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780520959415 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic bk.) |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9780520277069 |
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| System control number | (Au-PeEL)EBL1711033 |
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| System control number | (CaONFJC)MIL633799 |
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| System control number | (OCoLC)886107788 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MiAaPQ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
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| Transcribing agency | MiAaPQ |
| Modifying agency | MiAaPQ |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QE882.C5 -- .T484 2015eb |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 569/.5 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Thewissen, J. G. M. Hans. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Walking Whales : |
| Remainder of title | From Land to Water in Eight Million Years. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Berkeley : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | University of California Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2014. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©2014. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (314 pages) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- 1. A Wasted Dig -- Fossils and War -- A Whale Ear -- 2. Fish, Mammal, or Dinosaur? -- The King Lizard of Cape Cod -- Basilosaurid Whales -- Basilosaurids and Evolution -- 3. A Whale with Legs -- The Black and White Hills -- A Walking Whale -- 4. Learning to Swim -- Meeting the Killer Whale -- From Dog-Paddle to Torpedo -- Ambulocetid Whales -- Ambulocetus and Evolution -- 5. When the Mountains Grew -- The High Himalayas -- Kidnapping in the Hills -- Indian Whales -- 6. Passage to India -- Stranded in Delhi -- Whales in the Desert -- A 150-Pound Skull -- 7. A Trip to the Beach -- The Outer Banks -- A Fossilized Coast -- 8. The Otter Whale -- The Whale with No Hands -- Remingtonocetid Whales -- Building a Beast out of Bones -- 9. The Ocean Is a Desert -- Forensic Paleontology -- Drinking and Peeing -- Fossilized Drinking Behavior -- Walking with Ambulocetus -- 10. The Skeleton Puzzle -- If Looks Could Kill -- How Many Bones Make a Skeleton? -- Finding Whales' Sisters -- 11. The River Whales -- Hearing in Whales -- Pakicetid Whales -- September 11, 2001 -- 12. Whales Conquer the World -- A Molecular SINE -- The Black Whale -- Protocetid Whales -- Protocetids and History -- 13. From Embryos to Evolution -- A Dolphin with Legs -- The Marine Park at Taiji -- Shedding Limbs -- Whaling in Taiji -- 14. Before Whales -- The Widow's Fossils -- The Ancestors of Whales -- Indohyus -- A Trust for Fossils -- 15. The Way Forward -- The Big Question -- Tooth Development -- Baleen as Teeth -- Notes -- Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Hans Thewissen, a leading researcher in the field of whale paleontology and anatomy, gives a sweeping first-person account of the discoveries that brought to light the early fossil record of whales. As evidenced in the record, whales evolved from herbivorous forest-dwelling ancestors that resembled tiny deer to carnivorous monsters stalking lakes and rivers and to serpentlike denizens of the coast. Thewissen reports on his discoveries in the wilds of India and Pakistan, weaving a narrative that reveals the day-to-day adventures of fossil collection, enriching it with local flavors from South Asian culture and society. The reader senses the excitement of the digs as well as the rigors faced by scientific researchers, for whom each new insight gives rise to even more questions, and for whom at times the logistics of just staying alive may trump all science. In his search for an understanding of how modern whales live their lives, Thewissen also journeys to Japan and Alaska to study whales and wild dolphins. He finds answers to his questions about fossils by studying the anatomy of otters and porpoises and examining whale embryos under the microscope. In the book's final chapter, Thewissen argues for approaching whale evolution with the most powerful tools we have and for combining all the fields of science in pursuit of knowledge. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Whales, Fossil-Pakistan. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Whales, Fossil-India. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Whales-Evolution. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Paleontology-Pakistan. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Paleontology-India. |
| 655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Thewissen, J. G. M. Hans |
| Title | The Walking Whales |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Berkeley : University of California Press,c2014 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780520277069 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1711033">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1711033</a> |
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