Origins of the Higher Groups of Tetrapods: Controversy and Consensus, Hans-Peter Schultze, Linda Trueb

Автор: Fraser Nicholas C., Sues Hans-Dieter, Sues Hans-Dieter
Название: In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods
ISBN: 0521458994 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521458993
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: The early Mesozoic was a critical period in the evolution of life on land when most of today`s major groups of terrestrial vertebrates arose and dinosaurs and pterosaurs rose to prominence. This book collates all the information on the small vertebrates and features contributions by internationally renowned experts.

Автор: Buta Ronald James, Kopaska-Merkel David C.
Название: Footprints in Stone: Fossil Traces of Coal-Age Tetrapods
ISBN: 0817358447 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780817358440
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Описание: The Steven C. Minkin (Union Chapel) Paleozoic Footprint Site ranks among the most important fossil sites in the world today, and Footprints in Stone recounts the accidental revelation of its existence and detailed findings about its fossil record.

Currently 2,500 miles from the equator and more than 250 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico, the Minkin site was a swampy tropical forest adjacent to a tidal flat during the Coal Age or Carboniferous Period more than 300 million years ago. That fecund strand of sand and mud at the ocean's edge teemed with the earth's earliest reptiles as well as amphibians, fish, horseshoe crabs, spiders, jumping insects, and other fascinating organisms. Unlike dinosaurs and other large animals whose sturdy bodies left hard fossil records, most of these small, soft-bodied creatures left no concrete remains. But they did leave something else. Preserved in the site's coal beds along with insect wings and beautifully textured patterns of primeval plants are their footprints, fossilized animal tracks from which modern paleontologists can glean many valuable insights about their physical anatomies and behaviors.

The paleontological examination of fossil tracks is now the cutting-edge of contemporary scholarship, and the Minkin site is the first and largest site of its kind in eastern North America. Discovered by a local high school science teacher, the site provides both professional and amateur paleontologists around the world with a wealth of fossil track samples along with an inspirational story for amateur explorers and collectors.

Authoritative and extensively illustrated, Footprints in Stone brings together the contributions of many geologists and paleontologists who photographed, documented, and analyzed the Minkin site's fossil trackways. An engrossing tale of its serendipitous discovery and a detailed study of its fossil records, Footprints in Stone is a landmark publication in the history of paleontology.