John Foster

Jurassic West, Second Edition: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World

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Produktbeschreibung

Aimed at the general reader, Jurassic West, Second Edition recounts the discovery of many important Late Jurassic dinosaurs made at the famous bone beds of the Morrison Formation.

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Produktdetails

• Life of the Past
• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• second edition
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 259mm x 179mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1696g
• ISBN-13: 9780253051578
• ISBN-10: 0253051576
• Artikelnr.: 58601636

Autorenporträt

John Foster. foreword by Dale A. Russell

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Dale Russell
Preface
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1 Rainbow Country: An Introduction to Morrison Formation Geology
2 Setting the Stage: Vertebrates and the Jurassic World
3 The Start of it All: The Morrison Vertebrates Come to Light
4 Renaissance: The Picture Fills In
5 Fins, Scales, and Wings: The Morrison Menagerie, Part I
6 Gargantuan to Minuscule: The Morrison Menagerie, Part II
7 The Mess and the Magic: Vertebrate Paleoecology of the Morrison Formation
8 Many Rivers to Cross: A Late Jurassic Journey across the Morrison
Floodplain
Epilogue: The Morrison Fauna in World Context
Appendix A
Appendix B
Glossary
Notes
References
Index