Vertebrate Life 10e Chapter 23 Video Links

Links to interesting videos illustrating some of the organisms and processes related to this chapter, updated on a regular basis.

The Cenozoic Era

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/cenozoic/cenozoic.php

Cenozoic Continental Movement and Mammal Evolution, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApsCGttW2Us

Marching Cenozoic Tetrapods: Animated size comparisons of multiple species of mammals, plus some giant birds and Megalania (= Varanus). (Unfortunately, the species are not identified in the video, but you will be able to recognize many of them from the illustrations in the textbook and the visual impact is effective.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtVGwHPzyNc&feature=youtu.be

The Great American Biotic Interchange

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PddQvyiBfdc

Who Killed the Mega Mammals?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6UasKBi5Zo

Madagascar: An Island's Last Stand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02rPfPquTOs

The Fossa – A Cat Ecomorph, but More Arboreal than Cats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC67vzBT_NY

Marsupial Lion Biomechanics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwUl3ekOQoU

An Alternative View of the Marsupial Lion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iCdNXjMLdM

Extreme Mammals South America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATZkCf2dD2c 

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