Full title: Dawn of the dinosaurs : life in the Triassic / Nicholas Fraser ; illustrated by Douglas Henderson.

Author/creator: Fraser, Nicholas C.

Call Numbers: NQ560.1762/2

Record Identifier: 74VKJZlVqMa3

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: xvi, 307 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm., Pt. 1. The end of an era : the early triassic -- 1. Setting the stage : the paleogeography and climate of the triassic world -- 2. A brief phylogeny of triassic fishes and tetrapods -- 3. Starting out in the triassic -- Pt. 2. A comfortable middle age : the middle triassic -- 4. A hint of the sea -- 5. No midlife crisis -- Pt. 3. A time of change : the early late triassic -- 6. Marginal creatures in a marginal world -- 7. The enigmas of Texas and the U.S. Southwest -- 8. Life in the Sand Dunes? The elgin reptiles -- 9. Life in the deep south : the late triassic of Gondwana -- Pt. 4. The birth of modern terrestrial ecosystems -- 10. Pitfalls in paleontology : the British fissure deposits -- 11. Time to go our separate ways : the Newark supergroup -- 12. A catastrophic finale? The mode and tempo of faunal change -- App. 1. Global biostratigraphy and age correlation of triassic fossil assemblages -- App. 2. Bare bones sedimentology -- App. 3. The anatomy of a tetrapod., App. 4. Names, grades, and clades.

Publishers: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press ; Chesham : Combined Academic [distributor], c2006.

Access: State Reference Library copy: To be issued in Supervised Use Area.

Notes: Life of the past. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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DDC: 560.1762

MMS ID: 991022059539702626