Author: Giuseppe LeonardiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Annotated Atlas of South America Tetrapod Footprints
Author: Giuseppe LeonardiAnnotated Atlas of South America Tetrapod Footprints (Devonian to Holocene) with an Appendix on Mexico and Central America
Author: Giuseppe LeonardiAnnotated Atlas of South American Tetrapod Footprints (Devonian to Holocene)
Author: Annotated Atlas of South America Tetrapod Footprints (Devonian to Holocene)
Author: G. LeonardiTHE TRIASSIC TETRAPOD FOOTPRINT RECORD
Author: HENDRIK KLEINPublisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Mesozoic Mammals from South America and Their Forerunners
Author: Guillermo W. RougierPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030638626
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
This book summarizes the most relevant published paleontological information, supplemented by our own original work, on the record of Mesozoic mammals’ evolution, their close ancestors and their immediate descendants. Mammals evolved in a systematically diverse world, amidst a dynamic geography that is at the root of the 6,500 species living today. Fossils of Mesozoic mammals, while rare and often incomplete, are key to understanding how mammals have evolved over more than 200 million years. Mesozoic mammals and their close relatives occur in a few dozen localities from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, and Peru spanning from the Mid- Triassic to the Late Cretaceous, with some lineages surviving the cataclysmic end of the Cretaceous period, into the Cenozoic of Argentina. There are roughly 25 recognized mammalian species distributed in several distinctive lineages, including australosphenidans, multituberculates, gondwanatherians, eutriconodonts, amphilestids and dryolestoids, among others. With its focus on diversity, systematics, phylogeny, and their impact on the evolution of mammals, there is no similar book currently available.
South American Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs
Author: Alejandro OteroPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030959597
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Sauropodomorpha Huene 1932 is one of the most successful groups of dinosaurs, including the most abundant and diverse herbivorous forms with a worldwide record, extending from the late Triassic to the late Cretaceous. Sauropodomorphs comprise a diverse assemblage of early forms (traditionally called “prosauropods”) and the well-established clade Sauropoda Marsh 1878. Early sauropodomorphs were small to medium sized forms, with long necks and reduced skulls, mostly bipeds and omnivores and were abundant in continental environments in the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic. With more than 150 valid species and a worldwide distribution, Sauropoda includes the dominant herbivorous dinosaurs, from the Middle Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous. Its unique body plan, characterized by gigantic size, graviportal locomotion, long necks and tails, and reduced skulls, made this group an undisputed icon in popular culture since the 19th century. In South America, the sauropodomorph record is particularly rich and abundant, and many species have shed light to understand important milestones in the evolutionary history of this group of dinosaurs. The origin of Sauropodomorpha, the transition to Sauropoda, and the diversification of its most successful evolutionary lineages are largely exemplified by the South American fossil record. In this contribution, we synthetize the diversity of sauropodomorphs from South America, including data on their geographic and stratigraphic provenance, phylogenetics, paleobiology, taphonomy and behaviour, underscoring their significance within the context of sauropodomorph evolution.
Crocodyle tracks and traces
Author: Jesper MilànPublisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
ISBN:
Category : Crocodiles
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Dinosaur Tracks of Mesozoic Basins in Brazil
Author: Ismar de Souza CarvalhoPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031563557
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil Footprints of Europe
Author: Martin LockleyPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231504607
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
The long and distinguished tradition of tracking dinosaurs and other extinct animals in Europe dates back to the 1830s. Yet this venerable tradition of scientific activity cannot compare in magnitude and scope with the unprecedented spate of discovery and documentation of the last few years. Now, following on the heels of his Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil Footprints of the Western United States, Martin Lockley teams up with Christian Meyer to present an up to date synthesis of the recent findings in the field of European fossil footprints. Drawing extensively on their own research results from studies in Britain, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, and elsewhere, the authors create a dynamic picture of mammal, reptile, bird, and amphibian "track-makers" throughout more than 300 million years of vertebrate evolution, placed in the context of Europe's changing ancient environments. Beginning with an introduction to tracking and a history of the European tracking tradition, Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil Footprints of Europe then charts a broad path of evolutionary proliferation from the proto-dinosaurs of the Early Triassic period to the dinosaurs' decline and disappearance in the Upper Cretaceous. The survey continues into the age of mammals and birds, ending with the cave art of our Paleolithic ancestors.