Mammalian Paleofaunas of the World

Pp. xvii, 432; 143 maps, geological charts and fine stipple drawings of fossils. Publisher's original dark blue textured cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, front cover with illustration of a ruminant artiodactyl, Synthetoceras, 4to. This first book in vertebrate paleontology to give a detailed list of species in the recognized major Cenozoic mammalian faunas of the entire world - such a synthesis has not been attempted for 70 years. Small signature of former owner in the top corner of the front blank endpaper. Errata sheet tipped in the front.