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21. Vertebrate Paleontological Techniques (Vol 1) | |
Hardcover: 366
Pages
(1995-01-27)
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A true classic in the field of vertebrate paleontology!
Much needed textbook for Paleontology courses |
22. An Agenda for Antiquity: Henry Fairfield Osborn and Vertebrate Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History, 1890-1935 (History Amer Science & Technol) by Ronald Rainger | |
Paperback: 376
Pages
(2004-03-22)
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Excellent Research and Analysis |
23. Recent Vertebrate Carcasses and Their Paleobiological Implications by Johannes Weigelt | |
Hardcover: 204
Pages
(1989-08-09)
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24. The Fossil Vertebrates of Florida by Richard C. Hulbert | |
Hardcover: 384
Pages
(2001-02-23)
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Much-needed reference |
25. Mesozoic Vertebrate Life: | |
Hardcover: 352
Pages
(2001-06-01)
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Advanced articles on dinosaurs
Mesozoic Vertebrate Life This book has a whole host of contributors(46 to be exact).All of the men and women are tops in their respective fields, so this book is like reading a medical book with all of the resplendent medical terms. Ah, but doen't give up, there are some very excellent drawings that help explain what the author is talking about, so your not left in the dust choking on the dust.I've noticed that the best dinosaur book on detail are written in this style where a collaboration of many authors that are expert and on the cutting edge with break throughs are written this way. I would say this, the fossil record is telling the finder something... the finder has to study what he has found and make a determination and conclusion as to what he has found.All of this takes education, trial and error, and luck.So, you have the best guesses written here... things may stay as they were presented or they may change with insight, only time will tell. If you are more than just a casual dinosaur devotee, than this is the book for you.It is light on the early Mesozoic, but it makes up for it in the late Mesozoic.The book is mainly composed of North American Mesozoic, but there is representation in China, and South America included. There are excellent references included with there abstracts.This s not a book for children, this is an advanced case study of the dinosaura of the Mesozoic time. Those wishing for a book that compares jaws and endocarnial anatomy will relish this book. There is even an abstract on "The Impact of Sedimentology on Vertebrate Track Studies" which I found fascinating.I didn't know they went to that much detail, in models of track formation show clearly that the layer upon which the foot descends retains the most information of the impactor.Stresses are distributed radially away from the impact site and decrease exponentially with distance. If you want detail this book has it.There are seven sections as I mentioned above, and they are divided into 33 chapters.This took a while to read and digest the information.This would make an interesting additions to a home library.
By "Mesozic Life" you mean "dinosaurs"... |
26. In Quest of Great Lakes Ice Age Vertebrates by J. Alan Holman | |
Hardcover: 230
Pages
(2001-11)
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27. Evolution of the Vertebrates: A History of the Backboned Animals Through Time by Edwin Harris Colbert, Michael Morales | |
Hardcover: 488
Pages
(1991-03)
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28. Basic Structures and Evolution of Vertebrates, Volume 2 (Basic Structure & Evolution of Vertebrates) by Author Unknown | |
Hardcover: 350
Pages
(1981-02-11)
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29. Early Vertebrates (Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics, 33) by Philippe Janvier | |
Paperback: 408
Pages
(2003-10-02)
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The first vertebrates |
30. Paleontology of Higher Vertebrates: A Practical Guide by Norman R. King | |
Paperback:
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(1998-05)
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31. How Vertebrates Left the Water by Michel Laurin | |
Hardcover: 216
Pages
(2010-10-17)
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32. Palaeozoic Vertebrate Biostratigraphy and Biogeography by John A. Long | |
Paperback: 384
Pages
(1994-02-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description "In the last twenty years or so there has been an upsurge in the study of Palaeozoic fishes for solving geological problems, both in areas of biostratigraphy and biogeography. This has resulted in an explosion of data, much of it so new that it will take years for all the recent discoveries to be published. This book has resulted to fill the need to provide up-to-date summaries of global work in progress showing the application of both macroscopic and microscopic remains of Palaeozoic vertebrates to geological correlations, and to refinement of global palaeogeographic reconstructions."--from the Preface. This book offers the first detailed treatment of palaeozoic vertebrates for use in correlations and in biogeographic studies. With thirteen chapters of systematic analysis of biostratigraphic and biogeographic data, it includes invaluable summaries of current research as well as new and significant contributions to the fields of geology and evolutionary biology. With charts and figures that show many of the important fossils discussed in the text, as well as stratigraphic, location, and taxonomic indexes, the book will interest palaeontologists, stratigraphers, and other earth scientists concerned with the early history of life on earth. |
33. The Terrestrial Environment and the Origin of Land Vertebrates: Proceedings of an International Symposium Held at the University of Newcastle upon T (Systematics Association Special Volume) by Parchen | |
Hardcover: 633
Pages
(1981-06)
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34. Fossil Vertebrates of Arabia: With Emphasis on the Late Miocene Faunas, Geology, & Palaeoenvironments of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, | |
Hardcover: 594
Pages
(1999-11-15)
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Unique but pricey |
35. Short History of Vertebrate Palaeontology by E. Buffetaut | |
Hardcover: 240
Pages
(1987-01-31)
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36. Pleistocene Vertebrates in the British Isles by Alex J. Stuart | |
Hardcover: 228
Pages
(1982-11)
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37. Kadimakara: Extinct Vertebrates of Australia by Pat Vickers Rich | |
Hardcover: 284
Pages
(1991-02)
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38. Late Pleistocene Vertebrate Paleoecology of the West by Arthur H. Harris | |
Hardcover: 293
Pages
(1985-03)
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39. Non-Dionosaurian Lower Vertebrates Across the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in Northeastern Montana (University of California Publications in Geological Sciences) by Laurie J. Bryant | |
Paperback: 107
Pages
(1989-11-13)
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40. Wildlife of Gondwana: Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from the Ancient Supercontinent (Life of the Past) by Patricia Vickers-Rich, Thomas H. Rich | |
Hardcover: 304
Pages
(1999-12-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description Some of those animal types, such as the allosaurid dinosaurs and thelabyrinthodont amphibians, may have endured on Gondwana long afterthey went extinct on its northern-hemisphere counterpart; others, suchas the placental mammals and certapsian dinosaurs, may have developedon Gondwana.First published in 1992, this book offers a usefulintroduction to plate tectonics and other tenets of modern geology, aswell as a fine catalog of long-extinct creatures such as the sauropod,pterosaur, and iguanodont. The revised edition recounts recentdiscoveries from southern Africa, India, and Patagonia that augmentthe fossil record and correct earlier classificationschemes. --Gregory McNamee Customer Reviews (6)
Just started reading, but this is beautifully Illustrated
Gondwana? No.Austrlaia? Yes.
not what it seems The chief value of this volume lies in its highly inclusive selection of spectacularly fine and detailed photos of Australian vertebrate fossils, including one of the famous opalized plesiosaurs. Alas, though, there are only a handful of whole-body reconstructions, though those few are very good. Another problem, endemic to coffee-table books of this kind, is inconsistency of labeling, terminology, and interpretation. The authors can't decide, for example, whether sloths, armadillos and so on are to be called Edentates and placed among the placentals, or should be taken out of the placentals and called Paratheria. Similar inconsistency plagues the coloring of some geological maps, and even the definition of "teleost."
very nice book on Australasian fossils Accompanying the photographs are short articles detailing various aspects of the region's history, such as extinction of Australia's Quarternary megafauna, the floodplain faunas of the Great Southern Rift Valley of the Early Cretaceous, the role the increasing aridity of post-Miocene Australia played in evolution,and the fauna of the Gogo Reef. Longer articles deal with the basic geologic and paleontological history of Gondwana, the history of research there, and the role of Gondwana in the global context of worldwide evolution of animals. Numerous photographs of wildlife today accompany discussions of the unique biogeography of Australia and the role isolation has played in the development of the organisms there. A beautiful coffee-table book, I hold from giving five stars for two reasons. One, the price is fairly high; though a really nice book to own, it may be out of the price range for many, or at least more than they really want to pay. Two, though the numerous photographs of fossils in the book are really high quality, I think the book could have benefitted from more artists' illustrations of the animals and their environment in life. Though a few nice ones are included, several more could have really added to the value and popular appeal of this book. Many of the extinct fauna of Gondwana are bizarre and fascinating, particularly some of the extinct marsupial megafauna, and it would have been nice to see more illustrations of how they looked in life. All in all though a really well done book.
another time-trip to the past |
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