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The age of dinosaurs in South America / Fernando E. Novas.

Novas, Fernando E.
2009
QE861.4 .N69 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
The age of dinosaurs in South America / Fernando E. Novas.
Author
Novas, Fernando E.
ISBN
9780253352897 (alk. paper)
0253352894 (alk. paper)
Published
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Language
English
Description
xxi, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm.
Call Number
QE861.4 .N69 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
567.9098
Summary
From the Publisher: Among the exciting events in recent dinosaur paleontology has been the discovery of significant numbers of dinosaur fossils in South America, many of which are markedly different from their cousins to the north. Fernando E. Novas, one of the scientists closely involved with these important discoveries, presents an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the dinosaurs of South America. Novas reviews the dinosaur record in the region from Patagonia to Peru, discussing the anatomy, systematics, and evolution of these dinosaurs (and their immediate precursors) within both paleogeographic and paleoecological contexts. He describes all of the important finds in chapter-length studies of the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods. Because the Cretaceous record is so rich, Novas devotes separate chapters to sauropods, theropods, and ornithischians, and puts together the evolutionary story of the period in a final summary chapter. Generously illustrated in color and in black and white, The Age of Dinosaurs in South America is a first-of-its-kind report on these unique and wonderfully diverse dinosaur faunas.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Life of the past.
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Acknowledgments
List of anatomical abbreviations used in the figures
Introduction
1: Overview Of The Anatomy And Phylogenetic Relationships Of Dinosaurs
What are dinosaurs?
Dinosaur skeletal anatomy
Brief historical account of the systematics of dinosauria
Dinosaur forerunners
Characteristics that distinguish dinosauria from other archosaurs
2: Triassic Dinosaurs
Triassic dinosaur-bearing beds in South America
Triassic dinosaur record in South America
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Sauropodomorpha
Ornithischia
Ichnological evidence
Triassic dinosaurs: an overview
3: Jurassic Dinosaurs
Jurassic dinosaur-bearing beds in South America
Jurassic dinosaur record in South America
Sauropoda
Neosaruopods
Theropoda
Ornithischia
Jurassic dinosaurs: an overview
4: Fossil Record Of Cretaceous Dinosaurs In South America
Cretaceous dinosaur record in South America
5: Cretaceous Sauropods
Diplodocimorpha
Titanosauris
Cretaceous sauropod eggs and nests
Cretaceous sauropod footprints
6: Cretaceous Theropods
Ceratosauria
Abelisauroidea
Abelisauridae
Tetanurae
Cretaceous theropod footprints and eggs
7: Cretaceous ornithischians
Stegosauria
Ankylosauria
Ornithopoda
Ceraptopsia
8: Summary Of The Cretaceous Dinosaurs
Dinosaur diversification in the cretaceous of South America
Works cited
Index.

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