David M. Martill

Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil (eBook, PDF)

Window into an Ancient World

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This beautifully illustrated 2007 volume describes the entire flora and fauna of the famous Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil - one of the world's most important fossil deposits, exhibiting exceptional preservation. A wide range of invertebrates and vertebrates are covered, including extended sections on pterosaurs and insects. Two chapters are devoted to plants. Many of the chapters include descriptions of new species and re-descriptions and appraisals of taxa published in obscure places, rendering them available to a wider audience. Fossil descriptions are supported by detailed explanations of the geological history of the deposit and its tectonic setting. Drawing on expertise from around the world and specimens from the most important museum collections, this book forms an essential reference for researchers and enthusiasts with an interest in Mesozoic fossils.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511372728
• Artikelnr.: 56879345

Autorenporträt

David Martill is a Reader in Palaeobiology in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Portsmouth, where his research interests include the palaeobiology of pterosaurs and exceptional preservation of fossil vertebrates. He is the author of several other books and has appeared in several television series including the BBC series Walking with Dinosaurs.
Günter Bechley is Curator for amber and fossil insects at the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Germany, where his research projects include the phylogenetic system of fossil and recent damselflies and dragonflies. He has authored several books in German and English and has appeared in television series in Germany and Norway.
Robert Loveridge is a Research Fellow in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Portsmouth. He is a botanist with interests in the botanical treatment of sewerage and environmental protection, as well as palaeontology. He is a skilled photographer and is responsible for many of the beautiful images in this book.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Crato Formation Konservat Lagerstätte: 1. Introduction to the
Crato Formation David M. Martill; 2. The geology of the crato formation
David M. Martill; 3. Stratigraphy of the Crato Formation David M. Martill
and Ulrich Heimhofer; 4. The sedimentology and depositional environment of
the Crato Formation Ulrich Heimhofer and David M. Martill; 5. Commercial
exploitation of the Crato Formation Artur Andrade; Part II. The
invertebrate fauna: 6. Preparation techniques for Crato Formation fossils
Michael Schwickert; 7. Taphonomy and preservation of Crato Formation
arthropods Federica Menon and David M. Martill; 8. Chilopoda - centipedes
David M. Martill; 9. Arachnida - spiders, scorpions and allies Jason A.
Dunlop, Paul Selden and Federica Menon; 10. Crustacea of the Crato
Formation Gunter Schweigert, David M. Martill and Mark Williams; 11.
Insects of the Crato Formation Günter Bechly, Arnold Staniczek, Rainer
Willman, Fabian Haas, David A. Grimaldi, Sam W. Heads, Rafael Gioia
Martins-Neto, Federica Menon, Sam W. Heads, Jacek Szwedo, Yuri A. Popov,
Karin Wolf-Schwenninger, Wolfgang Schawaller, Till Osten and Jana
Willkommen; Part III. The vertebrate fauna: 12. The Crato Formation fish
fauna Paulo M. Brito; 13. Anurans of the Crato Formation Maria Eduarda
Leal, David M. Martill and Paulo M. Brito; 14. Turtles of the Crato
Formation Darren Naish; 15. Lizards of the Crato Formation David M.
Martill; 16. Crocodilians of the Crato Formation: evidence for enigmatic
species Eberhard 'Dino' Frey and Steven Walter Salisbury; 17. Pterosaurs of
the Crato Formation David M. Unwin and David M. Martill; 18. Birds of the
crato formation Darren Naish, David M. Martill and Ian Merrick; Part IV.
The Flora: 19. Flora Barbara A. R. Mohr, Mary E. C. Bernardes-de-Oliveira
and Robert F. Loveridge; 20. Spores and pollen from the Crato Formation:
biostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental implications David J. Batten; Part
V. Miscellanea: 21. Miscellaneous biota David M. Martill; Appendix: Species
list for the crato formation; Systematic index.