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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786976703321

Autore

Veldmeijer André J

Titolo

Pterosaurs [[electronic resource] ] : flying contemporaries of the dinosaurs / / André J. Veldmeijer, Mark Witton & Ilja Nieuwland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, : Sidestone Press, c2012

ISBN

90-8890-171-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WittonMark

NieuwlandIlja

Disciplina

567.918

Soggetti

Pterosauria

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Pterosaurs or flying reptiles were the first vertebrates to evolve flight. These distant relatives of modern reptiles and dinosaurs lived from the Late Triassic (over 200 million years ago) to the end of the Cretaceous (about 65 million years ago) a span of some 135 million years. When they became extinct, no relatives survived them and as a result these prehistoric animals cannot readily be compared with our modern-day fauna. So what do we know of these highly succsessful animals? The present summary answers this and many more questions based on the most recent results of modern scientific re