Virginia Tidwell / Kenneth Carpenter

Thunder-Lizards

The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs
Herausgeber: Tidwell, Virginia; Carpenter, Kenneth

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Produktbeschreibung

Yates, and Zhong Zheng.

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• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 258mm x 183mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 1229g
• ISBN-13: 9780253345424
• ISBN-10: 0253345421
• Artikelnr.: 21021401

Autorenporträt

edited by Virginia Tidwell, Kenneth Carpenter, with contributions by Ralph E. Molnar, Leonardo Salgado, Sebastián Apesteguiá, Malcolm W. Bedell, jr., David S Berman, Matthew F. Bonnan, Sankar Chatterjee, Rodolfo A. Coria, Fabio M. Dalla Vecchia, Jacques van Heerden, Takehito Ikejiri, Jean Le Loeuff, D. M. Mohabey, John S. McIntosh, J. Michael Parrish, Bruce M. Rothschild, Steven W. Salisbury, Allen Shaw, Kenneth Stadtman, Kent A. Stevens, David Trexler, Ray Wilhite, Adam M. Yates, Zhong Zheng

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Contributors
I. Sauropods Old and New
1. Postcranial Anatomy of Referred Specimens of the Sauropodomorph Dinosaur
Melanorosaurus from the Upper Triassic of South AfricaPeter M. Galton,
Jacques Van Heerden, and Adam M. Yates
2. The Genus Barosaurus Marsh (Sauropoda, Diplodocidae)John S. McIntosh
3. Reassessment of the Early Cretaceous Sauropod Astrodon johnsoni Leidy
1865 (Titanosauriformes)Kenneth Carpenter and Virginia Tidwell
4. Osteology of Ampelosaurus atacis (Titanosauria) from Southern FranceJean
Le Loeuff
II. Sauropods Young to Old
5. New Juvenile Sauropod Material from Western Colorado, and the Record of
Juvenile Sauropods from the Upper Jurassic Morrison FormationJohn R. Foster
6. New Adult Specimens of Camarasaurus lentus Highlight Ontogenetic
Variation within the SpeciesTakehito Ikejiri, Virginia Tidwell, and David
L. Trexler
7. Age-Related Characteristics Found in a Partial Pelvis of
CamarasaurusVirginia Tidwell, Kenneth Stadtman, and Allen Shaw
8. Ontogenetic Variation and Isometric Growth in the Forelimb of the Early
Cretaceous Sauropod VenenosaurusVirginia Tidwell and D. Ray Wilhite
III. Body Parts: Morphology and Biomechanics
9. Neuroanatomy and Dentition of Camarasaurus lentus Sankar Chatterjee and
Zhong Zheng
10. Neck Posture, Dentition, and Feeding Strategies in Jurassic Sauropod
DinosaursKent A. Stevens and J. Michael Parrish
11. Neck Posture of Sauropods Determined Using Radiological Imaging to
Reveal Three-Dimensional Structure of Cervical VertebraeDavid S. Berman and
Bruce M. Rothschild
12. Evolution of the Hyposphene-Hypanthrum Complex within
SauropodaSebastián Apesteguía
13. Variation in the Appendicular Skeleton of North American Sauropod
Dinosaurs: Taxonomic ImplicationsD. Ray Wilhite
14. First Articulated Manus of Diplodocus carnegiiMalcolm W. Bedell Jr. and
David L. Trexler
15. Evolution of the Titanosaur MetacarpusSebastián Apesteguía
16. Pes Anatomy in Sauropod Dinosaurs: Implications for Functional
Morphology, Evolution, and PhylogenyMatthew F. Bonnan
17. Sauropod Stress Fractures as Clues to ActivityBruce M. Rothschild and
Ralph E. Molnar
IV. Global Record of Sauropods
18. Between Gondwana and Laurasia: Cretaceous Sauropods in an Intraoceanic
Carbonate PlatformFabio M. Dalla Vecchia
19. Sauropods of Patagonia: Systematic Update and Notes on Global Sauropod
EvolutionLeonardo Salgado and Rodolfo A. Coria
20. Observations on Cretaceous Sauropods from AustraliaRalph E. Molnar and
Steven W. Salisbury
21. Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Nests, Eggs, and Dung Mass (Coprolites)
of Sauropods (Titanosaurs) from IndiaD. M. Mohabey
Index