BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW OF THE MESOZOIC ERA -- MESOZOIC GEOLOGY -- THE TETHYS SEA -- MESOZOIC LIFE -- LIFE IN THE OCEANS -- LIFE ON LAND -- MASS EXTINCTION AT THE END OF THE MESOZOIC -- THE DINOSAURS -- CHAPTER 2 THE TRIASSIC PERIOD -- THE TRIASSIC ENVIRONMENT -- PALEOGEOGRAPHY -- PALEOCLIMATE -- TRIASSIC LIFE -- MASS EXTINCTIONS OF THE TRIASSIC -- INVERTEBRATES -- VERTEBRATES -- PLANTS -- SIGNIFICANT DINOSAURS OF THE TRIASSIC PERIOD -- OTHER SIGNIFICANT LIFE-FORMS OF THE TRIASSIC PERIOD -- TRIASSIC GEOLOGY -- CONTINENTAL RIFTING IN THE TRIASSIC -- MOUNTAIN-BUILDING ACTIVITY IN THE TRIASSIC -- THE STAGES OF THE TRIASSIC PERIOD -- CHAPTER 3 THE JURASSIC PERIOD -- THE JURASSIC ENVIRONMENT -- PALEOGEOGRAPHY -- PALEOCLIMATE -- JURASSIC LIFE -- MARINE LIFE -- TERRESTRIAL LIFE -- PLANTS -- SIGNIFICANT DINOSAURS OF THE JURASSIC PERIOD -- OTHER SIGNIFICANT LIFE-FORMS OF THE JURASSIC PERIOD -- JURASSIC GEOLOGY -- THE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF JURASSIC DEPOSITS -- THE OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF JURASSIC ROCKS -- THE MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS OF THE JURASSIC SYSTEM -- THE STAGES OF THE JURASSIC PERIOD -- SIGNIFICANT JURASSIC FORMATIONS AND DISCOVERIES -- COPROLITES -- THE MORRISON FORMATION -- THE PURBECK BEDS -- THE SOLNHOFEN LIMESTONE -- CHAPTER 4 THE CRETACEOUS PERIOD -- THE CRETACEOUS ENVIRONMENT -- PALEOGEOGRAPHY -- PALEOCLIMATE -- CRETACEOUS LIFE -- MARINE LIFE -- TERRESTRIAL LIFE -- THE END-CRETACEOUS MASS EXTINCTION -- SIGNIFICANT DINOSAURS OF THE CRETACEOUS PERIOD -- OTHER SIGNIFICANT LIFE-FORMS OF THE CRETACEOUS PERIOD -- CRETACEOUS GEOLOGY -- THE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF CRETACEOUS DEPOSITS -- THE OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CRETACEOUS ROCKS -- TYPES OF CRETACEOUS ROCKS -- THE CORRELATION OF CRETACEOUS STRATA -- THE MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS OF THE CRETACEOUS SYSTEM.

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