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Informationen zum Autor Martin Lockley and Christian Meyer Klappentext The long and distinguished tradition of tracking dinosaurs and other extinct animals in Europe dates back to the 1830s. Yet this venerable tradition of scientific activity cannot compare in magnitude and scope with the unprecedented spate of discovery and documentation of the last few years. Now! following on the heels of his Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil Footprints of the Western United States! Martin Lockley teams up with Christian Meyer to present an up to date synthesis of the recent findings in the field of European fossil footprints. Drawing extensively on their own research results from studies in Britain! Switzerland! Portugal! Spain! and elsewhere! the authors create a dynamic picture of mammal! reptile! bird! and amphibian "track-makers" throughout more than 300 million years of vertebrate evolution! placed in the context of Europe's changing ancient environments. Beginning with an introduction to tracking and a history of the European tracking tradition! Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil Footprints of Europe then charts a broad path of evolutionary proliferation from the proto-dinosaurs of the Early Triassic period to the dinosaurs' decline and disappearance in the Upper Cretaceous. The survey continues into the age of mammals and birds! ending with the cave art of our Paleolithic ancestors. Zusammenfassung Present a synthesis of the findings in the field of European fossil footprints. This book charts a path of evolutionary proliferation from the proto-dinosaurs of the Early Triassic period to the dinosaurs' decline and disappearance in the Upper Cretaceous. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction to TrackingThe Importance of Fossil FootprintsHow to Study Ancient TracksIndividual BehaviorWhere to Go TrackingNaming FootprintsWho Dun It? Identifying Ancient TrackmakersTime and Time AgainCollecting Footprint DataSocial BehaviorUsing Trackways to Read Ancient Ecology: The Ichnofacies ConceptTracks and Bones: Two Pieces of an Incomplete PuzzleThe Mysteries of Track Preservation2. The Tradition of Tracking Dinosaurs in EuropeEarliest DiscoveriesThe Oldest European Trackmakers:I: Dragging Through the DevonianII: Cruising in the CarboniferousOf Deserts and SwampsRotligiendes: Permian Trackway HeavenThe German Summit ConferenceStuck in the Mud: The Complete Trace of a Hammerhead AmphibianThe First Pareiasaur TrackwayPangean Globetrotters3. Dawn of the Mesozoic: The Early and Middle TriassicThe Story of Chirotherium: The Dawn of the ArchosaursSex in the Footprint BedTracks as Keys to Evolution and LocomotionLizard ancestors and Proto-mammals with Hairy FeetThe World's Oldest Dinosaur Tracks: Fact! Fiction! and ControversyFuture Directions4. The First Dinosaurs: The Late Triassic EpochWelsh Dinosaurs at the Jolly Sailor PubThe March of the ProsauropodsLearning Tracking from the Bushmen: "C'est l'Afrique''A Beautiful but Elusive TrackHigh-Altitude Tracks in the Swiss Alpsvon Huene's Little Dinosaur Track: CoelurosaurichusFuture Directions: Digging Deeper in the Late TriassicA Once Green and Pleasant Land5. Early JurassicNoah's Raven Visits EuropeFrance: The Le Veillon SitesFrance: The Causses RegionFrance: Sanary sur MerTracks from Swedish Coal Mines and Railroad TunnelsTracking Dinosaurs in the Holy Cross Mountains! PolandTrackway Evidence for the Early Origin of StegosaursThe First Sauropods? Evidence from Italy6. The Dark Ages: Middle JurassicDinosaurs in the Great Deltas of YorkshireGlimpse of a Dinosaur from the Dark AgesThe First Iberian SauropodsMr. Pooley's Enigmatic Track DiscoveryDinosaur Tracks from the Western IslesThe Tip of the Ichnologic Iceberg7. The Age of Brontosaurs: Late JurassicMegalosaur TracksSauropods on the Rise: Germa...
