Ancient marine reptiles
Title:
Ancient marine reptiles
Author:
Callaway, Jack M.
ISBN:
9780080527215
Publication Information:
San Diego : Academic Press, c1997.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xlvi, 501 p.) : ill.
Contents:
Front Cover; Ancient Marine Reptiles; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Foreword; Part I: Ichthyosauria; Chapter 1. The Paleobiogeography of Shastasaurus; Chapter 2. A New Look at Mixosaurus; Chapter 3. A Transitional Ichthyosaur Fauna; Chapter 4. Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Tooth Implantation in Ichthyosaurs; PART II: Sauropterygia; Chapter 5. Paleobiogeography of Middle Triassic Sauropterygia in Central and Western Europe; Chapter 6. Morphological and Taxonomic Clarification of the Genus Plesiosaurus.
Abstract:
Documents the latest research on extinct marine reptiles. After an historical overview of marine reptile studies, sections update the current understanding of the origin and phylogeny of ichthyosaurs, sauropterygians, turtles, crocodiles, and mosasaurs, drawing on newly discovered fossil remains and new techniques in interpretation. A final section looks at new ways to study marine reptiles, such as biostratigraphic techniques. Of interest to paleobiologists.
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