TY - BOOK AU - Rieppel,Olivier AU - Scheffold,Beat TI - Mesozoic Sea Dragons: Triassic Marine Life from the Ancient Tropical Lagoon of Monte San Giorgio SN - 9780253040138 PY - 2019/// CY - Bloomington PB - Indiana University Press KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=30657060 ER -