Hans-Dieter Sues (ed.)

Evolution of Herbivory in Terrestrial Vertebrates

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

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Produktbeschreibung

This book, first published in 2000, was the first comprehensive overview of how herbivory evolved in terrestrial vertebrates using perspective from fossil record.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9780521594493
• ISBN-10: 0521594499
• Artikelnr.: 34557891

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.