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Informationen zum Autor Zulma Gasparini is a researcher at the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) and professor at the University of La Plata. She is a specialist in Mesozoic marine herpectofaunas.Rodolfo A. Coria is a researcher at CONICET and director of the Museum "Carmen Funes" in Plaza Huincul (Neuquén, Argentina). An authority on Patagonian dinosaurs, he has co-authored works on dinosaur systematics, paleobiology, and taphonomy.Leonardo Salgado is a researcher at CONICET and the University of El Comahue (Neuquén, Argentina) and has directed many expeditions to the Neuquén and Río Negro Provinces looking for dinosaur bones and eggs. Klappentext The first survey in English of the spectacular dinosaur and other reptile fauna from the Patagonian Mesozoic Zusammenfassung Patagonia has been one of the most attractive places for explorers and paleontologists. This work gathers together our knowledge about the evolution of the region and its reptiles. It demonstrates that Patagonia during the Mesozoic gives a distinct perspective on the evolution of life during a key chapter in the geological history of this region. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors Preface1. Patagonia and the Study of Its Mesozoic Reptiles: A Brief History Leonardo Salgado 2. Mesozoic Paleogeography and Paleoenvironmental Evolution of Patagonia (Southern South America) Luis A. Spalletti and Juan Franzese 3. Testudines Marcelo S. de la Fuente 4. Lepidosauromorpha Adriana Albino 5. Crocodyliformes Diego Pol and Zulma Gasparini 6. Pterosauria Laura Codorniú and Zulma Gasparini 7. Ornithischia Rodolfo A. Coria and Andrea V. Cambiaso 8. Sauropodomorpha Leonardo Salgado and José F. Bonaparte 9. Nonavian Theropods Rodolfo A. Coria 10. Aves Luis M. Chiappe 11. Ichthyosauria Marta Fernández 12. Plesiosauria Zulma Gasparini 13. Ichnology Jorge O. Calvo 14. Reptilian Faunal Succession in the Mesozoic of Patagonia: An Updated Overview Zulma Gasparini, Rodolfo A. Coria, and Leonardo SalgadoAppendix: Taxonomic Index Index...
