Mesozoic Vertebrate Life (Life of the Past)

Mesozoic Vertebrate Life (Life of the Past)

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版/ページ数 577 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780253339072
  • DDC分類 566

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This collective volume presents the current knowledge about the Mesozoic reptiles of Patagonia. This is the first book to ever to examine the Mesozoic era in the English language, and the first in any language to treat it in an entire decade. The contributors cover a great amount of material, describing the phylogenetic relationships among the reptiles, their diversity, evolution, and paleobiology. The Patagonian region had a distinctive fauna, which has become much better known over the last 40 years, sometimes due to amazing discoveries. With copious illustrations, this book provides more than a glimpse of a fascinating, ancient past.

Contents

Preface - Introduction to Philip CurriePublications of Philip John CurrieSection I - TheropodsChapter 1. New Theropod from the Late Cretaceous of PatagoniaChapter 2. On the Type and Referred Material of Laelaps Trihedrodon Cope 1877 (Dinosauria, Theropoda)Chapter 3. Endocranial Anatomy of Carcharodontosaurus saharicus Theropoda: Allosauroidea) and its Implications for Theropod Brain EvolutionChapter 4. Lower Jaw of Gallimimus BullatusChapter 5. Late Cretaceous Oviraptorosaur (Theropoda) Dinosaurs From MontanaChapter 6. Tooth Marked Small Theropod Bone - an Extremely Rare TraceChapter 7. The Phylogeny And Taxonomy of The TyrannosauridaeChapter 8. A Kerf-and-Drill Model of Tyrannosaur Tooth SerrationsChapter 9. Forelimb Osteology and Biomechanics of Tyrannosaurus rexChapter 10. Feathered Dinosaurs And The Origin of FlightSection II - SauropodsChapter 11. New Titanosauriform (Sauropoda) from the Poison Strip Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous), UtahChapter 12. Gastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous Sauropod Cedarosaurus weiskopfaeSection III - OrnithischiansChapter 13 New Ornithopod From The Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Eastern UtahChapter 14. A Baby Ornithopod from the Morrison Formation of Garden Park, ColoradoChapter 15. Evidence of Hatchling and Nestling-Sized Hadrosaurs (Reptilia:Ornithischia) from Dinosaur Provincial Park (Dinosaur Park Formation:Campanian), Alberta, CanadaChapter 16. Taphonomy and Paleoenvironment of a Hadrosaur (Dinosauria) from the Matanuska Formation (Turonian) in Southcentral Alaska, U.S.Chapter 17. Primitive Armored Dinosaur from the Lufeng Basin, ChinaChapter 18. A Montanoceratops cerorhynchus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) Braincase from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, CanadaChapter 19. Speculations on the Socioecology of Ceratopsid Dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Neoceratopsia)Section IV - Dinosaurian FaunasChapter 20. Dinosaurs of Alberta (exclusive of Aves)Chapter 21. Two Medicine Formation, Montana: Geology and FaunaChapter 22. Late Cretaceous Dinosaur ProvincialitySection V - PaleopathologiesChapter 23. Theropod Stress Fractures and Tendon Avulsions as a Clue to ActivityChapter 24. Theropod Paleopathology: a Literature SurveyChapter 25. Dinosaurian Humeral Periostitis : a Case of a Juxtacortical Lesion in the Fossil RecordChapter 26. Pathological Amniote Eggshell - Fossil and ModernSection VI - IchnologyChapter 27. The Impact of Sedimentology on Vertebrate Track StudiesChapter 28. Acrocanthosaurus and the Maker of Comanchean Large Theropod Footprints James O. FarlowChapter 29. Trackways of Large Quadrupedal Ornithopods from the Cretaceous: a ReviewChapter 30. First Reports of Bird and Ornithopod Tracks from the Lakota Formation (Early Cretaceous), Black Hills, South DakotaChapter 31. New Ichnotaxa of Bird and Mammal Footprints from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Gates Formation of AlbertaSection VII - Dinosaurs and Human HistoryChapter 32. Bones of Contention: Charles H. Sternberg's Lost DinosaursChapter 33. Dinosaurs in FictionIndex