The Late Triassic World

Author : Lawrence H. Tanner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 805 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319680095

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The Late Triassic World by Lawrence H. Tanner Pdf

This volume presents the latest science on all significant geological and paleontological aspects of the Earth during the Late Triassic Period. Rather than presenting a collection of narrowly focused research papers, the volume consists of a series of peer-reviewed chapters on specific aspects of the Late Triassic world (e.g., tectonics, magmatism, paleobotany, climate, etc.), all authored by experts in the subject of their respective chapters. Each chapter reviews and summarizes the latest findings in these fields and also includes a review of the pertinent literature. The author list is very broadly international and forms a veritable who’s who of expertise in these fields. The book is loosely organized to present the physical aspects of Earth during the Late Triassic at the outset, followed by the paleontological aspects. The latter section is further organized to present the record of the marine environment first before moving onto land, with fauna followed by flora. The volume closes with a review of the end-Triassic extinctions.

Author : Spencer G. Lucas,Justin A. Spielmann
Publisher : New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Global Triassic by Spencer G. Lucas,Justin A. Spielmann Pdf

Author : Hans-Dieter Sues,Nicholas C. Fraser
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780231509411

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Triassic Life on Land by Hans-Dieter Sues,Nicholas C. Fraser Pdf

The Triassic period is generally viewed as the beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs. For paleontologists, however, it also marks the rise of the world's first modern land ecosystems. Over the past three decades, extensive, worldwide fieldwork has led to the discovery of many new species of Triassic animals and plants, suggesting that faunal and floral changes already began in the Middle Triassic and were more protracted than previously thought. The Late Triassic is a pivotal time in the evolution of life on land, with many of the major groups of present-day vertebrates and insects first appearing in the fossil record. This book provides the first detailed overview of life on land during the Triassic period for advanced students and researchers. Noted vertebrate paleontologists Hans-Dieter Sues and Nicholas C. Fraser also review the biotic changes of this period and their possible causes.

Author : Jerry D. Harris,Spencer G. Lucas,Justin A. Speilmann,Martin G. Lockley,Andrew R.C. Milner,James I. Kirkland
Publisher : New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Geology, Stratigraphic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition by Jerry D. Harris,Spencer G. Lucas,Justin A. Speilmann,Martin G. Lockley,Andrew R.C. Milner,James I. Kirkland Pdf

Author : Jacopo Dal Corso,Sara Callegaro,Haijun Song
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832538791

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How Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) During the Triassic Shaped Modern-Day Ecosystems by Jacopo Dal Corso,Sara Callegaro,Haijun Song Pdf

Author : Tamara Green
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0836821750

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Triassic Dinosaur World by Tamara Green Pdf

Takes the reader back 210 million years to the age when dinosaurs first evolved and describes the world of that time.

Author : Spencer G. Lucas
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Cyclostratigraphy
ISBN : 186239296X

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The Triassic Timescale by Spencer G. Lucas Pdf

The Mesozoic Era begins with the approximately 50-million-year-long Triassic Period, a major juncture in Earth history when the vast Pangaean supercontinent completed its assembly and began its fragmentation, and the global biota diversified and modern-ized after the end-Permian mass extinction, the most extensive biotic decimation of the Phanerozoic. The temporal ordering of geological and biotic events during Triassic time thus is critical to the interpretation of some unique and pivotal events in Earth his-tory. This temporal ordering is mostly based on the Triassic time-scale, which has been developed and refined for nearly two centu-ries. This book reviews the state of the art of the Triassic timescale and includes comprehensive analyses of Triassic radio-isotopic ages, magnetostratigraphy, isotope-based and cyclostratigraphic correlations and timescale -relevant marine and non-marine bio-stratigraphy.

Author : Michael J. Benton
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118407554

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Vertebrate Palaeontology by Michael J. Benton Pdf

Vertebrate palaeontology is a lively field, with new discoveries reported every week… and not only dinosaurs! This new edition reflects the international scope of vertebrate palaeontology, with a special focus on exciting new finds from China. A key aim is to explain the science. Gone are the days of guesswork. Young researchers use impressive new numerical and imaging methods to explore the tree of life, macroevolution, global change, and functional morphology. The fourth edition is completely revised. The cladistic framework is strengthened, and new functional and developmental spreads are added. Study aids include: key questions, research to be done, and recommendations of further reading and web sites. The book is designed for palaeontology courses in biology and geology departments. It is also aimed at enthusiasts who want to experience the flavour of how the research is done. The book is strongly phylogenetic, and this makes it a source of current data on vertebrate evolution.

Author : Spencer G. Lucas,Larry F. Rinehart,Andrew B. Heckert,Adrian P. Hunt,Justin A. Spielmann
Publisher : New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Amphibians, Fossil
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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ROTTEN HILL: A LATE TRIASSIC BONEBED IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE, USA by Spencer G. Lucas,Larry F. Rinehart,Andrew B. Heckert,Adrian P. Hunt,Justin A. Spielmann Pdf

Author : HENDRIK KLEIN,SPENCER G. LUCAS
Publisher : New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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THE TRIASSIC TETRAPOD FOOTPRINT RECORD by HENDRIK KLEIN,SPENCER G. LUCAS Pdf

Author : Michael K. Brett-Surman,Thomas R. Holtz,James O. Farlow
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 1161 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780253357014

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The Complete Dinosaur by Michael K. Brett-Surman,Thomas R. Holtz,James O. Farlow Pdf

Praise for the first edition "A gift to serious dinosaur enthusiasts" --Science "The amount of information in these] pages is amazing. This book should be on the shelves of dinosaur freaks as well as those who need to know more about the paleobiology of extinct animals. It will be an invaluable library reference." --American Reference Books Annual "An excellent encyclopedia that serves as a nice bridge between popular and scholarly dinosaur literature." --Library Journal (starred review) "Copiously illustrated and scrupulously up-to-date... the book reveals dinos through the fractious fields that make a study of them." --Publishers Weekly "Stimulating armchair company for cold winter evenings.... Best of all, the book treats dinosaurs as intellectual fun." --New Scientist "The book is useful both as a reference and as a browse-and-enjoy compendium." --Natural History What do we know about dinosaurs, and how do we know it? How did dinosaurs grow, move, eat, and reproduce? Were they warm-blooded or cold-blooded? How intelligent were they? How are the various groups of dinosaurs related to each other, and to other kinds of living and extinct vertebrates? What can the study of dinosaurs tell us about the process of evolution? And why did typical dinosaurs become extinct? All of these questions, and more, are addressed in the new, expanded, second edition of The Complete Dinosaur. Written by many of the world's leading experts on the "fearfully great" reptiles, the book's 45 chapters cover what we have learned about dinosaurs, from the earliest discoveries of dinosaurs to the most recent controversies. Where scientific contention exists, the editors have let the experts agree to disagree. Copiously illustrated and accessible to all readers from the enthusiastic amateur to the most learned professional paleontologist, The Complete Dinosaur is a feast for serious dinosaur lovers everywhere.

Author : Spencer G. Lucas,Justin A. Spielmann,Hendrik Klein,Allan J. Lerner
Publisher : New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Chinle Formation
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Ichnology of the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Redonda Formation, east-central New Mexico by Spencer G. Lucas,Justin A. Spielmann,Hendrik Klein,Allan J. Lerner Pdf

Author : Spencer G. Lucas,Adrian P. Hunt,Asher J. Lichtig
Publisher : New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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FOSSIL RECORD 7 by Spencer G. Lucas,Adrian P. Hunt,Asher J. Lichtig Pdf

Author : Charles River Editors
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1687535086

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The Triassic Period by Charles River Editors Pdf

*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading Scientists have long attempted to understand Earth's past, and in service to that effort, they have divided the world's history into eons, eras, periods, epochs and ages. For example, the current eon is called the Phanerozoic, which means "visible life." This is the eon in which multi-cellular life has evolved and thrived. Before this, life was microscopic (single cell).The Phanerozoic eon is divided into 3 eras - Paleozoic ("old life"), Mesozoic ("middle life") and Cenozoic ("new life"). From there, the Mesozoic era is divided into 3 periods - Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. Before the Triassic, primitive life had built up in the oceans and seas, and some lifeforms finally had crawled onto land during the Paleozoic era. With that, life had become well established, but then came the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, the worst extinction event in the history of the planet. At the end of the Triassic, another extinction event cleared the way for dinosaurs to become the dominant set of species in the Jurassic. Though the Triassic does not have as interesting a list of creatures as those in the Jurassic and Cretaceous, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, Stegosaurus, Pterodactyls, Brontosaurus, and the like, the life which reclaimed the Earth and then thrived during this period was no less important. Life during the Triassic spent nearly 60% of its time recovering from the Permian-Triassic extinction event, roughly 30 million years. What had been built up was then slammed by nature, effectively clearing the board once more for new species to take over. The Triassic Period: The History and Legacy of the Geologic Era that Witnessed the Rise of Dinosaurs looks at the development of the era, the extinction events that preceded it, and how dinosaurs began to evolve in the Late Triassic. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Triassic Period like never before.

Author : Scott D. Sampson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520269897

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Dinosaur Odyssey by Scott D. Sampson Pdf

"The best general-audience dinosaur book since the Dinosaur Renaissance began in the 1970s."—Philip J. Currie, coeditor of Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, from the foreword “Dinosaur Odyssey is not only a personable and highly accessible tour of the up-to-date discoveries about the gigantic and famous. It also builds on dinosaur paleontology to far-ranging topics like extinction, climate change, and the possibility of life on Mars. The gift to the reader is both fascination and enlightenment.”—Michael Novacek, author of Terra and Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs "An odyssey indeed! One of the world's leading dinosaur paleontologists, Sampson draws on a wide variety of sciences, from astronomy and cosmology to microbiology and ecology, in order to portray dinosaurs as living animals. The reader is in for a treat and will emerge with fresh and valuable insights."—Peter Dodson, author of The Horned Dinosaurs