Mesozoic Sea Dragons : Triassic Marine Life from the Ancient Tropical Lagoon of Monte San Giorgio.
Rieppel, Olivier.
Mesozoic Sea Dragons : Triassic Marine Life from the Ancient Tropical Lagoon of Monte San Giorgio. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (256 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Dragon Mountain -- 2. Fishes -- 3. A Sketch of Reptile Evolution -- 4. Ichthyosaurs -- 5. Helveticosaurus, Eusaurosphargis, and the Placodonts -- 6. Pachypleurosaurs -- 7. Lariosaurs and Nothosaurs -- 8. Thalattosaurs -- 9. Protorosaurs -- 10. A Dinosaur Lookalike from Monte San Giorgio -- 11. The Tethys Sea: Connections from East to West -- Epilogue-In the Shadow of the Chinese Dragon -- Literature Cited -- Index -- About the Author.
1. The site of Monte San Giorgio is the most famous marine life fossil bed in the world. 2. The story of the marine life from the Middle Triassic Period at Monte San Giorgio has never been told in book form before. 3. Olivier Rieppel is a curator at the Field Museum in Chicago and is a returning IUP author whose previous book, Turtles as Hopeful Monsters, had strong sales.
9780253040138
Electronic books.
Mesozoic Sea Dragons : Triassic Marine Life from the Ancient Tropical Lagoon of Monte San Giorgio. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (256 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Dragon Mountain -- 2. Fishes -- 3. A Sketch of Reptile Evolution -- 4. Ichthyosaurs -- 5. Helveticosaurus, Eusaurosphargis, and the Placodonts -- 6. Pachypleurosaurs -- 7. Lariosaurs and Nothosaurs -- 8. Thalattosaurs -- 9. Protorosaurs -- 10. A Dinosaur Lookalike from Monte San Giorgio -- 11. The Tethys Sea: Connections from East to West -- Epilogue-In the Shadow of the Chinese Dragon -- Literature Cited -- Index -- About the Author.
1. The site of Monte San Giorgio is the most famous marine life fossil bed in the world. 2. The story of the marine life from the Middle Triassic Period at Monte San Giorgio has never been told in book form before. 3. Olivier Rieppel is a curator at the Field Museum in Chicago and is a returning IUP author whose previous book, Turtles as Hopeful Monsters, had strong sales.
9780253040138
Electronic books.