Ecology and Behaviour of Mesozoic Reptiles

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Cloudsley-Thompson, John L. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Paleontology.; Behavioral sciences.; Animal ecology.; Evolutionary biology.; Zoology.; Vertebrates.; Life Sciences.; Animal Ecology.; Evolutionary Biology.; Behavioral Sciences.

Our knowledge of extinct animals depends almost entirely upon the study of fossils. This richly illustrated book clothes the skeletons of dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles with flesh, and shows how these fascinating animals evolved and probably lived. Expert author John L. Cloudsley-Thompson pro...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Classification
• Diversification of Palaeozoic Reptiles
• The Mesozoic Environment
• Amphibious and Early Marine Mesozoic Reptiles
• Plesiosaurs and Ichthyosaurs
• Aerial Mesozoic Reptiles
• Terrestrial Mesozoic Reptiles: Size, Locomotion and Thermal Physiology
• Therapsids, Anapsids and Early Diapsids
• The Dinosaurs: Weapons, Display and Reproduction
• Herbivorous Dinosaurs
• Carnivorous Dinosaurs
• The Cretaceous Extinction.