Horns, Tusks, and Flippers: The Evolution of Hoofed Mammals

@inproceedings{Prothero2002HornsTA,
  title={Horns, Tusks, and Flippers: The Evolution of Hoofed Mammals},
  author={Donald Prothero and Robert Milton Schoch},
  year={2002}
}
Contents:Preface and Acknowledgments1. Introduction American savanna Names and dates Hoofed mammals Uinta beasts and the Cope-Marsh wars The lost world2. Cloven hooves The kingdom of cloven hooves Gut reactions "Bunny deer" Phosphate and fossils Pseudopigs Sui generis "Nebraska man" and javelinas The "river horse"3. Tylopods Camels without humps Ships of the desert "Mountain tooth"4. Where the deer and the antelope play Graveyard of the Amazons Horns and antlers "Mouse deer" The "forest donkey… 
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