The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary (Faunal Changes Across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521367794 ISBN 13: 9780521367790

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1988

Synopsis

Thirty-one specialists in the paleontology of the Age of Dinosaurs address a variety of issues: animals that preceded dinosaurs, the origin and early history of dinosaurs, and the relationship of the ascent of dinosaurs to new evolutionary innovations and to global, climatic, ecological, and even chance factors. This study is the first to examine how the period of dinosaur domination began.

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From the Back Cover

This comprehensive volume is richly illustrated and is intended for students and professionals in the areas of paleontology, evolutionary biology, geology, and vertebrate zoology.

Review

"[Padian's] book is an important assemblage of current and recent research on a critical `moment' in the history of terrestrial vertebrate life. It will be an important reference for years to come for everyone interested in the Triassic-Jurassic faunal transition." American Scientist

"...it will undoubtedly serve as a source book for students of Mesozoic vertebrate evolution in years to come." Historical Biology

"...I found the book very stimulating and valuable..." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

"This volume offers a very useful overview of many of these current problems, and it will undoubtedly serve as a source book for students of Mesozoic vertebrate evolution for years to come." Historical Biology

"As always, Taquet provides lucid evidence for ongoing debate. ...this excellently translated book shoul intrigue anyone." David Perlman, San Francisco, CA Examiner & Chronicle

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0521367794
• ISBN 13: 9780521367790
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 404
• Editor: Padian Kevin