Hans-Dieter Sues (ed.)

Evolution of Herbivory in Terrestrial Vertebrates

Perspectives from the Fossil Record
Herausgeber: Sues, Hans-Dieter

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 412g
• ISBN-13: 9780521021197
• ISBN-10: 0521021197
• Artikelnr.: 21833318

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. Herbivory in terrestrial vertebrates Hans-Dieter Sues; 2.
Herbivory in late Paleozoic and Triassic terrestrial vertebrates Robert R.
Reisz and Hans-Dieter Sues; 3. Prosauropod dinosaurs and iguanas:
speculations on the diets of extinct reptiles Paul M. Barrett; 4. The
evolution of sauropod feeding mechanisms Paul Upchurch and Paul M. Barrett;
5. Plant-eaters and ghost lineages: dinosaurian herbivory revisited David
B. Weishampel and Coralia-Maria Jianu; 6. Dental constraints in the early
evolution of mammalian herbivory John M. Rensberger; 7. Patterns in the
evolution of herbivory in large terrestrial mammals: the Paleogene of North
America Christine M. Janis; 8. Origin and evolution of the grazing guild in
Cenozoic New World terrestrial mammals Bruce J. MacFadden.