Jurassic West, Second Edition - The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World

Informationen zum Autor John Foster. foreword by Dale A. Russell Klappentext -Best popular overview of the dinosaurs from the Jurassic Era discovered in the American West. -First Edition was award-winning, critically acclaimed, and sold over 3,000 copies. -2nd Edition is thoroughly revised and contains over 100 new illustrations. Zusammenfassung Aimed at the general reader, Jurassic West, Second Edition recounts the discovery of many important Late Jurassic dinosaurs made at the famous bone beds of the Morrison Formation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Dale Russell Preface Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1 Rainbow Country: An Introduction to Morrison Formation Geology 2 Setting the Stage: Vertebrates and the Jurassic World 3 The Start of it All: The Morrison Vertebrates Come to Light 4 Renaissance: The Picture Fills In 5 Fins, Scales, and Wings: The Morrison Menagerie, Part I 6 Gargantuan to Minuscule: The Morrison Menagerie, Part II 7 The Mess and the Magic: Vertebrate Paleoecology of the Morrison Formation 8 Many Rivers to Cross: A Late Jurassic Journey across the Morrison Floodplain Epilogue: The Morrison Fauna in World Context Appendix A Appendix B Glossary Notes References Index

Product details

• Authors: John Foster, John/ Russell Foster
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9780253051578
• ISBN: 978-0-253-05157-8
• No. of pages: 560
• Series: Life of the Past
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Palaeontology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works