In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs

Herausgeber: Fraser, Nicholas C.; Sues, Hans-Dieter

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book on the small vertebrates of the early Mesozoic features contributions by internationally renowned experts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1034g
• ISBN-13: 9780521452427
• ISBN-10: 0521452422
• Artikelnr.: 26958738

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments; List of contributors; Introduction Nicholas C. Fraser and
Hans-Dieter Sues; Part I. Phylogeny: Introduction; 1. Late Triassic and
Jurassic amphibians: fossil record and phylogeny Andrew Milner; 2. The
Lepidosauromorpha: an overview with special emphasis on the Squamata
Olivier Rieppel; 3. Late Triassic-Early Jurassic sphenodontians from China
and the phylogeny of the Sphenodontia Xiao-chun Wu; 4. Marine members of
the Sphenodontia Robert L. Carroll and Rupert Wild; 5. Patterns of
evolution in Mesozoic Crocodyliformes James M. Clark; 6. Sister-group
relationships of mammals and transformations of diagnostic mammalian
characters Zhexi Luo; Part II. Faunal Assemblages: 7. A review of the
British Middle Triassic tetrapod assemblages Michael J. Benton, Geoffrey
Warrington, Andrew J. Newell and Patrick S. Spencer; 8. Small tetrapods
from the Upper Triassic of the Richmond Basin, Virginia Hans-Dieter Sues;
9. Microvertebrates from the Placerias Quarry: a window on Late Triassic
vertebrate diversity in the American Southwest Fran Tannenbaum Kaye and
Kevin Padian; 10. Late Triassic microvertebrates from central Europe Denise
Sigogneau and Gerhard Hahn; 11. Assemblages of small tetrapods from British
Late Triassic fissure deposits Nicholas C. Fraser; 12. Ornithiscian
dinosaurs from the Upper Triassic of the United States Adrian P. Hunt and
Spencer G. Lucas; 13. Early Jurassic small tetrapods from the McCoy Brook
formation of Nova Scotia Neil H. Shubin, Paul E. Olsen and Hans-Dieter
Sues; 14. The small tetrapods of the Lower Lufeng Formation, Yunnan, China
Zhexi Luo and Xiao-chun Wu; 15. Assemblages of small tetrapods from the
Early Jurassic of Britain Susan E. Evans and Kenneth A. Kermack; 16. A
review of the Early Jurassic tetrapods from the Glen Canyon Group of the
American Southwest Hans-Dieter Sues, James M. Clark and Farish A. Jenkins,
Jr; 17. An Early or Middle Jurassic tetrapod assemblage from the La Boca
Formation, northeastern Mexico James M. Clark, Marisol Montellano, James A.
Hopson, René Hernández and David Fastovsky; 18. Middle Jurassic
microvertebrate assemblages from the British Isles Susan E. Evans and
Andrew Milner; 19. A new Bathonian microvertebrate locality in the English
Midlands Sara J. Metcalf and Rachel J. Walker; Part III. Faunal Change: 20.
The chronology and biogeography of mammalian origins Spencer G. Lucas and
Adrian P. Hunt; 21. Biotic and climatic changes in the Carnian (Triassic)
of Europe and adjacent areas Michael J. Simms, Alastair H. Ruffell and
Andrew L. A. Johnson; 22. Late Triassic to Middle Jurassic extinctions
among continental tetrapods Michael J. Benton; 23. Comments on 'Late
Triassic to Middle Jurassic extinctions among continental tetrapods'
Nicholas C. Fraser and Hans-Dieter Sues; 24. What was the tempo and mode of
evolutionary change in the Late Triassic to Middle Jurassic? Kevin Padian;
25. Field trip guide: field guide to three late Triassic tetrapod sites in
Virginia and North Carolina Paul E. Olsen and Annika K. Johansson.