The Sauropods
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The Sauropods

Evolution and Paleobiology

  1. 358 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Sauropods

Evolution and Paleobiology

About this book

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."

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Yes, you can access The Sauropods by Kristina Curry Rogers, Jeffrey Wilson, Kristina Curry Rogers,Jeffrey Wilson in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Physical Sciences & Evolution. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2005
Print ISBN
9780520246232
eBook ISBN
9780520932333
Edition
1
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Evolution

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction: Monoliths of theMesozoic
  4. 1 • OVERVIEW OF SAUROPOD PHYLOGENY ANDEVOLUTION
  5. 2 • TITANOSAURIA: A PHYLOGENETICOVERVIEW
  6. 3 • PHYLOGENETIC AND TAXIC PERSPECTIVES ONSAUROPOD DIVERSITY
  7. 4 • SAUROPODOMORPH DIVERSITY THROUGHTIME: MACROEVOLUTIONARY ANDPALEOECOLOGICAL IMPLICATONS
  8. 5 • STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF A SAUROPODTOOTH BATTERY
  9. 6 • DIGITAL RECONSTRUCTIONS OF SAUROPODDINOSAURS AND IMPLICATIONS FORFEEDING
  10. 7 • POSTCRANIAL PNEUMATICITY IN SAUROPODSAND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR MASSESTIMATES
  11. 8 • THE EVOLUTION OF SAUROPOD LOCOMOTION:MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF ASECONDARILY QUADRUPEDAL RADIATION
  12. 9 • STEPS IN UNDERSTANDING SAUROPODBIOLOGY: THE IMPORTANCE OF SAUROPODTRACKS
  13. 10 • NESTING TITANOSAURS FROM AUCA MAHUEVOAND ADJACENT SITES: UNDERSTANDINGSAUROPOD REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR ANDEMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
  14. 11 • SAUROPOD HISTOLOGY: MICROSCOPIC VIEWSON THE LIVES OF GIANTS
  15. A Conversation with Jack McIntosh
  16. List of Contributors
  17. Index