The Sauropods : Evolution and Paleobiology.
Title:
The Sauropods : Evolution and Paleobiology.
Author:
Rogers, Kristina Curry.
ISBN:
9780520932333
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (360 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Monoliths of theMesozoic -- 1 OVERVIEW OF SAUROPOD PHYLOGENY ANDEVOLUTION -- 2 TITANOSAURIA: A PHYLOGENETICOVERVIEW -- 3 PHYLOGENETIC AND TAXIC PERSPECTIVES ONSAUROPOD DIVERSITY -- 4 SAUROPODOMORPH DIVERSITY THROUGHTIME: MACROEVOLUTIONARY ANDPALEOECOLOGICAL IMPLICATONS -- 5 STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF A SAUROPODTOOTH BATTERY -- 6 DIGITAL RECONSTRUCTIONS OF SAUROPODDINOSAURS AND IMPLICATIONS FORFEEDING -- 7 POSTCRANIAL PNEUMATICITY IN SAUROPODSAND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR MASSESTIMATES -- 8 THE EVOLUTION OF SAUROPOD LOCOMOTION:MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF ASECONDARILY QUADRUPEDAL RADIATION -- 9 STEPS IN UNDERSTANDING SAUROPODBIOLOGY: THE IMPORTANCE OF SAUROPODTRACKS -- 10 NESTING TITANOSAURS FROM AUCA MAHUEVOAND ADJACENT SITES: UNDERSTANDINGSAUROPOD REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR ANDEMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT -- 11 SAUROPOD HISTOLOGY: MICROSCOPIC VIEWSON THE LIVES OF GIANTS -- A Conversation with Jack McIntosh -- List of Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
Sauropod dinosaurs were the largest animals ever to walk the earth, and they represent a substantial portion of vertebrate biomass and biodiversity during the Mesozoic Era. The story of sauropod evolution is told in an extensive fossil record of skeletons and footprints that span the globe and 150 million years of earth history. This generously illustrated volume is the first comprehensive scientific summary of sauropod evolution and paleobiology. The contributors explore sauropod anatomy, detail its variations, and question the myth that life at large size led to evolutionary stagnation and eventual replacement by more "advanced" herbivorous dinosaurs. Chapters address topics such as the evolutionary history and diversity of sauropods; methods for creating three-dimensional reconstructions of their skeletons; questions of sauropod herbivory, tracks, gigantism, locomotion, reproduction, growth rates, and more. This book, together with the recent surge in sauropod discoveries around the world and taxonomic revisions of fragmentary genera, will shed new light on "nature's greatest extravagances.".
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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