Download or read book Dinosaurs and Other Reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico written by Héctor E. Rivera-Sylva and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This overview of dinosaur discoveries in Mexico synthesizes current information about the geography and environment of the region during the Mesozoic when it was the western margin of the ancient continent of Pangea. The book summarizes research on various groups, including turtles, lepidosauromorphs, plesiosaurs, crocodyliforms, pterosaurs, and last but not least, dinosaurs. In addition, chapters focus on trackways and other trace fossils and on K/P boundary (the Chicxulub crater, beneath the Gulf of Mexico, has been hypothesized as the site of the boloid impact that killed off the dinosaurs). Dinosaurs and Other Reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico is an up-to-date, informative volume on an area that has not been comprehensively described until now.

Download or read book Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Reptiles of California written by Richard P. Hilton and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-08-29 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume tells the story of the dinosaurs and reptiles of land, sea, and sky that lived in California and Baja California during the Mesozoic era (245 million-65 million years ago), in addition to the history of their discovery. Illustrated with more than three hundred photographs, paintings, and drawings, this book provides geological and environmental details, describes the significance of the major fossils, and chronicles the adventures involved in the discovery, preparation, and publishing of the finds. The author also includes accounts of the scientists, teachers, students, ranchers, and weekend fossil hunters who endured (and continue to endure) harsh weather, fires, wild animals, and the usual challenges of fieldwork to collect fossil remains and make major discoveries. These enthusiasts managed to safeguard an abundance of fossil resources, some of which would otherwise have been destroyed by quarrying, paving, and housing developments.

Download or read book Ecology and Behaviour of Mesozoic Reptiles written by J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-01-19 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our knowledge of extinct animals depends almost entirely upon the study of fossils. This richly illustrated book clothes the skeletons of dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles with flesh, and shows how these fascinating animals evolved and probably lived. Expert author John L. Cloudsley-Thompson provides an interesting synthesis of current views on their ecology, physiology and behaviour, and outlines the various hypotheses that have been proposed to explain their extinction. Numerous beautiful drawings of the animals and their environment illustrate this exciting monograph.

Download or read book Dinosaurs of Australia and New Zealand and Other Animals of the Mesozoic Era written by John A. Long and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given by American Petroleum Institute, Brazos Valley Chapter.

Download or read book The Age of Dinosaurs written by Spencer G. Lucas and published by New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Patagonian Mesozoic Reptiles written by Zulma Gasparini and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each contribution amply demonstrates that Patagonia during the Mesozoic provides a distinct perspective on the evolution of life during a key chapter in the geological history of this region.

Download or read book The Carnivorous Dinosaurs written by Kenneth Carpenter and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2005-07-07 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The meat-eating dinosaurs, or Theropoda, include some of the fiercest predators that ever lived. Some of the group's members survive to this day—as birds. The theropod/bird connection has been explored in several recent works, but this book presents 17 papers on a variety of other topics. It is organized into three parts. Part I explores morphological details that are important for understanding theropod systematics. Part II focuses on specific regions of theropod anatomy and biomechanics. Part III examines various lines of evidence that reveal something about theropods as living creatures. The contributors are Ronan Allain, Rinchen Barsbold, Kenneth Carpenter, Karen Cloward, Rodolfo A. Coria, Philip J. Currie, Peter M. Galton, Robert Gay, Donald M. Henderson, Dong Huang, James I. Kirkland, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, Eva B. Koppelhus, Peter Larson, Junchang Lü, Lorrie A. McWhinney, Clifford Miles, Ralph E. Molnar, N. Murphy, John H. Ostrom, Gregory S. Paul, Licheng Qiu,J. Keith Rigby, Jr., Bruce Rothschild, Christopher B. Ruff, Leonardo Salgado, Frank Sanders, Julia T. Sankey, Judith A. Schiebout, David K. Smith, Barbara R. Standhardt, Kathy Stokosa, Darren H. Tanke, François Therrien, David Trexler, Kelly Wicks, Douglas G. Wolfe, and Lowell Wood.

Download or read book Dinosaurs of the Southwest written by Ronald Paul Ratkevich and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Mesozoic era, the southwestern US was a tropical or semitropical region of seas and lowland swamps, inhabited by reptiles of all sizes and descriptions. This introduction to dinosaurs that once inhabited what are now the western states gives a background on paleontology, the dating of fossils, the variety in types, sizes and habits, and several theories about the reasons for the disappearance of the dinosaurs. Extensively illustrated with drawings by John C. McLoughlin, this book is a readable, accurate introduction valuable to tourists, young scientists, and other readers interested in this era of southwestern history.

Download or read book The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles written by Gregory S. Paul and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative illustrated guide to the mighty reptiles that dominated the seas of the Mesozoic for 185 million years New discoveries are revealing that many ancient oceangoing reptiles were energetic animals capable of inhabiting an array of watery habitats and climates, including polar winters. The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the great Mesozoic groups that commanded the seas for tens of millions of years. This incredible field guide covers 435 species and features stunning illustrations of swimming reptiles ranging in size from little lizards to others with great necks longer than their bodies. It discusses the history of sea reptiles through 185 million years of the Mesozoic, their anatomy, physiology, locomotion, reproduction and growth, and extinction, and even gives a taste of what it might be like to travel back to the Mesozoic. This one-of-a-kind guide also challenges the common image of these reptiles as giants of the prehistoric waters, showing how the largest weighed far less than today’s biggest whales. Features detailed species accounts of 435 different kinds of sea reptiles, with the latest size and mass estimatesWritten and illustrated by the acclaimed researcher and artist who helped to redefine our understanding of dinosaur anatomyDescribes placodonts, plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, mosasaurs, sea snakes, sea turtles, marine crocs, and moreCovers everything from biology to the colorful history of sea reptile paleontologyIncludes dozens of original skeletal drawings and full-color life scenes

Download or read book A Field Guide to Mesozoic Birds and Other Winged Dinosaurs written by Matthew P. Martyniuk and published by Pan Aves. This book was released on 2012 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A field guide to mesozoic birds and other winged dinosaurs is a comprehensive guide to the diverse species comprising the evolutionary transition from the first dinosaurs with true, feathered wings in the mid-Jurassic period, 160 million years ago, to the late Cretaceous period and the first modern birds [...]. --from publisher.

Download or read book Dinosaurs of Eastern Iberia written by Àngel Galobart and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-17 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for the general reader, this book is both a colorful introduction to the history and study of dinosaurs and an eye-opening survey of dinosaur discoveries in Spain. At the time of the dinosaurs, Iberia was in the process of becoming a peninsula of Continental Europe and looked very different than it does today. Now an area only slightly larger than Vermont and New Hampshire, Eastern Iberia contains one of the richest fossil records of Mesozoic vertebrates in Europe. This record spans an 80-million-year period that includes key moments in Earth's history, such as the extinction events at the Jurassic-Cretaceous and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundaries. Dinosaurs of Eastern Iberia tells the story of Iberia's tumultuous geological history and presents a detailed synthesis of the region's dinosaur discoveries, with fact sheets and reconstructions of each species found there. This volume also describes the flora and fauna that made up the ancient ecosystems and explores the paleobiogeography of this dynamic region.

Download or read book Dinosaurs of Italy written by Cristiano Dal Sasso and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An all-Italian "Jurassic Park.""

Download or read book Eggs Nests and Baby Dinosaurs written by Kenneth Carpenter and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers the very latest information on dinosaur eggs, hatchlings and babies, as well as a detailed look at dinosaur courtship, mating, nests, and physical development.

Download or read book Recreating an Age of Reptiles written by Mark P Witton and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals have always fascinated people but they pose vast problems for the artist. How do you go about recreating the anatomy and behaviour of a creature we've never seen? How can we restore landscapes long lost to time? And where does the boundary between palaeontology - the science of understanding fossils- and artistic licence lie? In this outstanding book, Mark Witton shares his detailed paintings and great experience of drawing and painting extinct species. The approaches used in rendering these impressive creatures are discussed and demonstrate the problems, as well as the unexpected freedoms, that palaeontological artists are faced with. The book showcases over ninety scientifically credible paintings of some of the most spectacular animals in the Earth's history, as well as may less familiar species. Mark explains how each image was created with details of the artistic process, scientific grounding and collaborations between researchers and discusses the methods and goals of palaeoartistry - the recreation of extinct animals and landscapes in art. This book will be of great interest to palaeontological artists, researchers, museum curators, dinosaur enthusiasts and fossil hunters. Superbly illustrated with 90 paintings.

Download or read book The MESOZOIC Time of DINOSAURS written by umes santilal and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-08 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the maximum popular famous in museums are theones that display animals of the Mesozoic Era. Undeniably, themost prominent animals of this time had been a collection ofmassive reptiles referred to as dinosaurs. For over 100 years,dinosaur fossils and medical interpretations of ways they livedhave captured the creativeness of the general public. Althoughthe Mesozoic is nice known as the time of the dinosaurs, it'salso the time in which the ancestors of numerous plant andanimal organizations that exist these days first appeared.The Mesozoic is the second of the Earth's 3 important geologiceras of Phanerozoic time, an c program languageperiodspanning the maximum current 542 million years. Its call isderived from the Greek term for "center lifestyles." TheMesozoic Era began 251 million years ago, following thePaleozoic Era, and ended 65.five million years in the past, onthe dawn of the Cenozoic Era. The important divisions of theMesozoic Era are, from oldest to youngest, the Triassic Period,the Jurassic Period, and the Cretaceous Period.The Earth's climate at some stage in the Mesozoic Era wastypically warm, and there was less difference in temperaturebetween equatorial and polar latitudes than there may betoday. The Mesozoic become a time of geologic and biologicaltransition. During this period the continents commenced totransport into their present-day configurations. A distinctmodernization of lifestyles- bureaucracy happened, partiallybecause of the dying of many in advance varieties oforganisms. Three of the 5 biggest mass extinctions in Earthrecords are associated with the Mesozoic. A mass extinctionhappened at the boundary among the Mesozoic and theprevious Paleozoic; some other occurred in the Mesozoic atthe cease of the Triassic Period; and a 0.33 befell on theboundary among the Mesozoic and next Cenozoic, resultingwithin the dying of the dinosaurs.MESOZOIC GEOLOGYAt the outset of the Mesozoic, all of the Earth's continentshave been joined together into the supercontinent of Pangea.By the near of the generation, Pangea had fragmented into acouple of landmasses. The fragmentation started withcontinental rifting for the duration of the Late Triassic. Thisseparated Pangea into the continents of Laurasia andGondwana. By the Middle Jurassic these landmasses hadbegun similarly fragmentation. At that time a lot of Pangea layamong 60' N and 60° S, and at the Equator the wideningTethys Sea reduce between Gondwana and Laurasia. Whenrifting had sufficiently stepped forward, oceanic spreadingcentres shaped between the landmasses. During the Middle Jurassic, North America began pulling other than Eurasia andGondwana. By the Late Jurassic, Africa had started to cut upoff from South America, and Australia and Antarcticahad separated from India. Near the close of the Cretaceous,Madagascar separated from Africa, and South America driftednorthwestward.As the continents rifted and ruptured, thick sequences ofmarine sediments accrued in huge linear troughs along theirmargins. Ocean basin deposits of Jurassic age are foundnowadays inside the circum- Pacific area, alongside the coastsof eastern North America and the Gulf of Mexico, and at themargins of Eurasia and Gondwana (that is, alongside thenorthern and southern obstacles of the Tethys Sea).Major mountain constructing (orogeny) commenced at thewestern margins of both North and South America and amongthe isolating fragments of Gondwana. For instance, thenorthwesterly movement of North America ended in acollision of the western edge of the North Americancontinental plate with a complicated of island arcs all throughthe Late Jurassic. So-referred to as special terranes, geologicfragments that vary markedly in stratigraphy,paleomagnetism, and paleontology from adjoining continentalcrust, had been accreted to the margin of the North Americanplate.

Download or read book Familiar Dinosaurs written by Joseph E. Wallace and published by Alfred A. Knopf. This book was released on 1993 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full-color paintings and skeletal line drawings taken from actual museum specimens around the world illustrate this captivating guide which explains the lives, behavior, and habits of the world's favorite prehistoric animals and the circumstances surrounding their eventual extinction. Maps.

Download or read book Ancient Marine Reptiles written by Jack M. Callaway and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1997-03-12 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vertebrate evolution has led to the convergent appearance of many groups of originally terrestrial animals that now live in the sea. Among these groups are familiar mammals like whales, dolphins, and seals. There are also reptilian lineages (like plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, mosasaurs, thalattosaurs, and others) that have become sea creatures. Most of these marine reptiles, often wrongly called "dinosaurs", are extinct. This edited book is devoted to these extinct groups of marine reptiles. These reptilian analogs represent useful models of the myriad adaptations that permit tetrapods to live in the ocean. First book in more than 80 years devoted exclusively to fossil marine reptiles Documents the most current research on extinct marine reptiles Prepared by the world's most prominent experts in the field Well illustrated