In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic TetrapodsNicholas C. Fraser, Hans-Dieter Sues Cambridge University Press, 28/08/1997 - 448 من الصفحات The early Mesozoic period was a critical period in the evolution of life on land when most of todays major groups of terrestrial vertebrates arose and dinosaurs and pterosaurs rose to prominence. In recent years this period has received a great deal of attention from palaeontologists, and it is now felt that the small vertebrates which lived in the shadows of the first dinosaurs tell us a great deal about the evolution of modern terrestrial ecosystems. This book is an attempt to collate all the information on the small vertebrates and features contributions by experts with international reputations in their fields. There are chapters on the taxonomy and phylogeny of the key vertebrate groups followed by a section dealing with the most significant fossiliferous assemblages worldwide. The final section looks at how faunal turnover at this time is measured and examines the possibility of mass extinctions. |
المحتوى
Late Triassic and Jurassic amphibians fossil record and phylogeny | 5 |
The Lepidosauromorpha an overview with special emphasis on the Squamata | 23 |
Late TriassicEarly Jurassic sphenodontians from China and the phytogeny of the Sphenodontia | 38 |
Marine members of the Sphenodontia | 70 |
Patterns of evolution in Mesozoic Crocodyliformes | 84 |
Sistergroup relationships of mammals and transformations of diagnostic mammalian characters | 98 |
Faunal assemblages | 129 |
A review of the British Middle Triassic tetrapod assemblages | 131 |
Assemblages of small tetrapods from the Early Jurassic of Britain | 271 |
A review of the Early Jurassic tetrapods from the Glen Canyon Group of the American Southwest | 284 |
An Early or Middle Jurassic tetrapod assemblage from the La Boca Formation northeastern Mexico | 295 |
Middle Jurassic microvertebrate assemblages from the British Isles | 303 |
A new Bathonian microvertebrate locality in the English Midlands | 322 |
Faunal change | 333 |
The chronology and paleobiogeography of mammalian origins | 335 |
Biotic and climatic changes in the Carnian Triassic of Europe and adjacent areas | 352 |
Small tetrapods from the Upper Triassic of the Richmond basin Newark Supergroup Virginia | 161 |
Microvertebrates from the Placerias Quarry a window on Late Triassic vertebrate diversity in the American Southwest | 171 |
Late Triassic microvertebrates from central Europe | 197 |
Assemblages of small tetrapods from British Late Triassic fissure deposits | 214 |
Ornithischian dinosaurs from the Upper Triassic of the United States | 227 |
Early Jurassic small tetrapods from the McCoy Brook Formation of Nova Scotia Canada | 242 |
The small tetrapods of the Lower Lufeng Formation Yunnan China | 251 |
Late Triassic to Middle Jurassic extinctions among continental tetrapods testing the pattern | 366 |
Comments on Bentons Late Triassic to Middle Jurassic extinctions among continental tetrapods | 398 |
What were the tempo and mode of evolutionary change in the Late Triassic to Middle Jurassic? | 401 |
Field guide to Late Triassic tetrapod sites in Virginia and North Carolina | 408 |
431 | |
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
Age of Dinosaurs amphibians archosaurs Arizona assemblages basin Bathonian Beds Benton Bienotherium bones centrum characters Clevosaurus correlation Crompton and Luo cusps cynodonts dentary dentition deposits diapsid dorsal Early Jurassic early Mesozoic Evans extinction Family fauna fenestra Figure fissure foramen Fraser Galton Gauthier genus Geological Society Group Haldanodon holotype Hopson hudsoni IVPP Kayenta Formation Kermack Keuper Ladinian late Carnian Late Triassic lateral Lepidosauria lingual lizards localities Lower Jurassic Lufengia mammalian mammals margin maxilla Megazostrodon Mesozoic microvertebrate Middle Jurassic Middle Triassic Milner Morganucodon Mudstone Murry Museum Newark Supergroup Norian Oligokyphus Olsen orbital ornithischian Pachygenelus Padian palatine parietal phylogenetic phylogeny phytosaurs Placerias postcanine posterior quadrate Quarry relationships reptiles Rhaetian Rowe Sandstone sediments sequences Sinoconodon skull Society of London species specimens Sphenodon Sphenodontia sphenodontians squamosal strata stratigraphic Sues taxa taxon teeth temnospondyl terrestrial tetrapod tooth Triassic-Jurassic Boundary tritheledontids tritylodontids Upper Triassic ventral vertebrate Vertebrate Paleontology Zoological Journal