King of the Crocodylians - The Paleobiology of Deinosuchus

There is detailed discussion of the methods used to determine the size of these giant animals, the dating of the fossils, the nature of their living environments, and how we know who ate whom 80 million years ago.

List of contents

Preliminary Table of Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Life and Times of a Giant Crocodylian

Chapter 2. The Early Paleontology of Deinosuchus

Chapter 3. On the Size of Deinosuchus

Chapter 4. The Age of Deinosuchus

Chapter 5. Deinosuchus Localities and their Ancient Environments

Chapter 6. How Many Deinosuchus Species Existed

Chapter 7. A Genealogy of Deinosuchus

Chapter 8. The Prey of Giants

Bibliography

Appendices

Index

About the author

David R. Schwimmer, Professor of Paleontology at Columbus State University in Georgia, is an expert on the Late Cretaceous paleontology of the southeastern United States. Author of many papers on Cretaceous vertebrates, he is co-author (with W. J. Frazier) of Regional Stratigraphy of North America, which won the award for "Best Reference Book of the Year" from the Geoscience Information Society.

Summary

The biography of the largest carnivore that ever lived.

Product details

• Authors: David R Schwimmer, David R. Schwimmer, Schwimmer David R
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.06.2002
• EAN: 9780253340870
• ISBN: 978-0-253-34087-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 262 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 658 g
• Series: Life of the Past; Life of the Past
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Palaeontology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works