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Autore |
Rieppel Olivier |
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Titolo |
Mesozoic Sea Dragons : Triassic Marine Life from the Ancient Tropical Lagoon of Monte San Giorgio / / Olivier Rieppel ; reconstructions byBeat Scheffold |
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Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , [2019] |
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Ā©2019 |
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ISBN |
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0-253-04014-0 |
0-253-04013-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Triassic Geologic Period |
Paleontology |
Marine animals, Fossil |
PaleĢontologie - Trias |
Marine animals, Fossil - Switzerland - San Giorgio Mountain |
Paleontology - Triassic |
Switzerland San Giorgio Mountain |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The dragon mountain -- Fishes -- A sketch of reptile evolution -- Ichthyosaurs -- Helveticosaurus, eusaurosphargis, and the placodonts -- Pachypleurosaurs -- Lariosaurs and nothosaurs -- Thalattosaurs -- Protorosaurs -- A dinosaur lookalike from Monte San Giorgio -- The tethys sea: connections from east to west. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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