Ebook: Ecology and Behaviour of Mesozoic Reptiles
- Tags: Zoology, Vertebrates, Paleontology, Animal Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Behavioural Sciences
- Year: 2005
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Our knowledge of extinct animals depends almost entirely upon the study of fossils. This richly illustrated book clothes the skeletons of dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles with flesh, and shows how these fascinating animals evolved and probably lived. Expert author John L. Cloudsley-Thompson provides an interesting synthesis of current views on their ecology, physiology and behaviour, and outlines the various hypotheses that have been proposed to explain their extinction. Numerous beautiful drawings of the animals and their environment illustrate this exciting monograph.
Our knowledge of extinct animals depends almost entirely upon the study of fossils. This richly illustrated book clothes the skeletons of dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles with flesh, and shows how these fascinating animals evolved and probably lived. Expert author John L. Cloudsley-Thompson provides an interesting synthesis of current views on their ecology, physiology and behaviour, and outlines the various hypotheses that have been proposed to explain their extinction. Numerous beautiful drawings of the animals and their environment illustrate this exciting monograph.
Our knowledge of extinct animals depends almost entirely upon the study of fossils. This richly illustrated book clothes the skeletons of dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles with flesh, and shows how these fascinating animals evolved and probably lived. Expert author John L. Cloudsley-Thompson provides an interesting synthesis of current views on their ecology, physiology and behaviour, and outlines the various hypotheses that have been proposed to explain their extinction. Numerous beautiful drawings of the animals and their environment illustrate this exciting monograph.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Classification....Pages 1-8
Diversification of Palaeozoic Reptiles....Pages 9-18
The Mesozoic Environment....Pages 19-22
Amphibious and Early Marine Mesozoic Reptiles....Pages 23-43
Plesiosaurs and Ichthyosaurs....Pages 45-60
Aerial Mesozoic Reptiles....Pages 61-87
Terrestrial Mesozoic Reptiles: Size, Locomotion and Thermal Physiology....Pages 89-112
Therapsids, Anapsids and Early Diapsids....Pages 113-123
The Dinosaurs: Weapons, Display and Reproduction....Pages 125-147
Herbivorous Dinosaurs....Pages 149-169
Carnivorous Dinosaurs....Pages 171-188
The Cretaceous Extinction....Pages 189-200
Back Matter....Pages 201-219
Our knowledge of extinct animals depends almost entirely upon the study of fossils. This richly illustrated book clothes the skeletons of dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles with flesh, and shows how these fascinating animals evolved and probably lived. Expert author John L. Cloudsley-Thompson provides an interesting synthesis of current views on their ecology, physiology and behaviour, and outlines the various hypotheses that have been proposed to explain their extinction. Numerous beautiful drawings of the animals and their environment illustrate this exciting monograph.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Classification....Pages 1-8
Diversification of Palaeozoic Reptiles....Pages 9-18
The Mesozoic Environment....Pages 19-22
Amphibious and Early Marine Mesozoic Reptiles....Pages 23-43
Plesiosaurs and Ichthyosaurs....Pages 45-60
Aerial Mesozoic Reptiles....Pages 61-87
Terrestrial Mesozoic Reptiles: Size, Locomotion and Thermal Physiology....Pages 89-112
Therapsids, Anapsids and Early Diapsids....Pages 113-123
The Dinosaurs: Weapons, Display and Reproduction....Pages 125-147
Herbivorous Dinosaurs....Pages 149-169
Carnivorous Dinosaurs....Pages 171-188
The Cretaceous Extinction....Pages 189-200
Back Matter....Pages 201-219
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