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Dinosaurs : a concise natural history / / David E. Fastovsky and David B. Weishampel ; with illustrations by John Sibbick [[electronic resource]]
| Dinosaurs : a concise natural history / / David E. Fastovsky and David B. Weishampel ; with illustrations by John Sibbick [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Fastovsky David E. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 379 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 567.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs - Extinction Vertebrates - Evolution Paleontology - Mesozoic |
| ISBN |
1-107-20133-0
1-283-33023-7 9786613330239 1-139-13474-4 0-511-80518-7 1-139-12969-4 1-139-13363-2 0-511-47789-9 0-511-47941-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | To catch a dinosaur -- Dinosaur days -- Who's related to whom--and how do we know? -- Who are the dinosaurs? -- Thyreophorans : the armor-bearers -- Marginocephalia : bumps, bosses, and beaks -- Ornithopoda : the tuskers, antelopes, and "mighty ducks" of the Mesozoic -- Sauropodomorpha : the big, the bizarre, and the majestic -- Theropoda I : nature red in tooth and claw -- Theropoda II : the origin of birds -- Theropoda III : early birds -- Dinosaur thermoregulation : some like it hot -- The flowering of the Mesozoic -- A history of paleontology through ideas -- The Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction : the frill is gone. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454611803321 |
Fastovsky David E.
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Vertebrate palaeontology / / Michael J. Benton ; chapter opening illustrations drawn by John Sibbick
| Vertebrate palaeontology / / Michael J. Benton ; chapter opening illustrations drawn by John Sibbick |
| Autore | Benton M. J (Michael J.) |
| Edizione | [Fourth edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | West Sussex, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (506 p.) |
| Disciplina | 566 |
| Soggetto topico | Vertebrates, Fossil |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-118-40764-4
1-118-40763-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
VERTEBRATE PALAEONTOLOGY; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Boxes; About the companion website; Chapter 1 Vertebrates Originate; INTRODUCTION; 1.1 SEA SQUIRTS AND THE LANCELET; 1.1.1 Urochordata: sea squirts; 1.1.2 Cephalochordata: amphioxus; 1.2 AMBULACRARIA: ECHINODERMS AND HEMICHORDATES; 1.3 DEUTEROSTOME RELATIONSHIPS; 1.3.1 Embryology and the position of the anus; 1.3.2 Animal phylogenomics; 1.4 CHORDATE ORIGINS; 1.4.1 Diverse early chordates; 1.4.2 Vetulicolians and yunnanozoons; 1.4.3 Development and vertebrate origins; 1.5 VERTEBRATES AND THE HEAD; 1.6 FURTHER READING
1.7 REFERENCESChapter 2 How to Study Fossil Vertebrates; INTRODUCTION; 2.1 DIGGING UP BONES; 2.1.1 Collecting fossil vertebrates; 2.1.2 Preparation and conservation of bones; 2.1.3 Display and study; 2.2 PUBLICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM; 2.2.1 The scientific literature; 2.2.2 How to write a scientific paper; 2.2.3 Careers in vertebrate palaeontology; 2.3 GEOLOGY AND FOSSIL VERTEBRATES; 2.3.1 Taphonomy; 2.3.2 Continental drift; 2.3.3 Ancient climates; 2.4 BIOLOGY AND FOSSIL VERTEBRATES; 2.4.1 Functional morphology; 2.4.2 Palaeoecology; 2.5 DISCOVERING PHYLOGENY 2.5.1 Cladistic analysis of morphological characters2.5.2 Molecular phylogeny reconstruction; 2.6 THE QUALITY OF THE FOSSIL RECORD; 2.7 MACROEVOLUTION; 2.8 FURTHER READING; 2.9 REFERENCES; Chapter 3 Early Palaeozoic Fishes; INTRODUCTION; 3.1 CAMBRIAN VERTEBRATES; 3.2 VERTEBRATE HARD TISSUES; 3.3 THE JAWLESS FISHES; 3.3.1 Living jawless fishes; 3.3.2 Conodonta; 3.3.3 Ordovician jawless fishes; 3.3.4 Heterostraci; 3.3.5 Anaspida and Thelodonti; 3.3.6 Osteostraci and relatives; 3.4 ORIGIN OF JAWS AND GNATHOSTOME RELATIONSHIPS; 3.4.1 Jaws; 3.4.2 Jaw attachments and gnathostome relationships 3.5 PLACODERMS: ARMOUR-PLATED MONSTERS3.5.1 Arthrodira; 3.5.2 Placoderm jaws and teeth; 3.5.3 Diverse placoderms; 3.6 CHONDRICHTHYES: THE FIRST SHARKS; 3.7 ACANTHODIANS: THE 'SPINY SKINS'; 3.8 DEVONIAN ENVIRONMENTS; 3.8.1 Siluro-Devonian faunal provinces; 3.8.2 Siluro-Devonian environments; 3.9 OSTEICHTHYES: THE BONY FISHES; 3.9.1 Devonian actinopterygians; 3.9.2 Dipnomorpha: the lungfishes; 3.9.3 Actinistia: the coelacanths; 3.9.4 Early sarcopterygians: origins of Tetrapodomorpha; 3.10 EARLY FISH EVOLUTION AND MASS EXTINCTION; 3.10.1 Diversification of early vertebrates 3.10.2 The Late Devonian mass extinctions3.11 FURTHER READING; 3.12 REFERENCES; Chapter 4 Early Tetrapods and Amphibians; INTRODUCTION; 4.1 PROBLEMS OF LIFE ON LAND; 4.1.1 Support; 4.1.2 Locomotion; 4.1.3 Feeding and respiration; 4.1.4 Sensory systems and water balance; 4.1.5 Reproduction; 4.2 DEVONIAN TETRAPODS; 4.2.1 Anatomy; 4.2.2 How many fingers and toes?; 4.2.3 Modes of life of the first tetrapods; 4.3 THE CARBONIFEROUS WORLD; 4.3.1 Romer's Gap; 4.3.2 The Carboniferous scene; 4.4 DIVERSITY OF CARBONIFEROUS TETRAPODS; 4.4.1 Early Carboniferous tetrapods; 4.4.2 Temnospondyli 4.4.3 Lepospondyli |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464607503321 |
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Benton M. J (Michael J.)
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| West Sussex, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Vertebrate palaeontology / / Michael J. Benton ; chapter opening illustrations drawn by John Sibbick
| Vertebrate palaeontology / / Michael J. Benton ; chapter opening illustrations drawn by John Sibbick |
| Autore | Benton M. J (Michael J.) |
| Edizione | [Fourth edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | West Sussex, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (506 p.) |
| Disciplina | 566 |
| Collana | New York Academy of Sciences |
| Soggetto topico | Vertebrates, Fossil |
| ISBN |
1-118-40764-4
1-118-40763-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
VERTEBRATE PALAEONTOLOGY; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Boxes; About the companion website; Chapter 1 Vertebrates Originate; INTRODUCTION; 1.1 SEA SQUIRTS AND THE LANCELET; 1.1.1 Urochordata: sea squirts; 1.1.2 Cephalochordata: amphioxus; 1.2 AMBULACRARIA: ECHINODERMS AND HEMICHORDATES; 1.3 DEUTEROSTOME RELATIONSHIPS; 1.3.1 Embryology and the position of the anus; 1.3.2 Animal phylogenomics; 1.4 CHORDATE ORIGINS; 1.4.1 Diverse early chordates; 1.4.2 Vetulicolians and yunnanozoons; 1.4.3 Development and vertebrate origins; 1.5 VERTEBRATES AND THE HEAD; 1.6 FURTHER READING
1.7 REFERENCESChapter 2 How to Study Fossil Vertebrates; INTRODUCTION; 2.1 DIGGING UP BONES; 2.1.1 Collecting fossil vertebrates; 2.1.2 Preparation and conservation of bones; 2.1.3 Display and study; 2.2 PUBLICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM; 2.2.1 The scientific literature; 2.2.2 How to write a scientific paper; 2.2.3 Careers in vertebrate palaeontology; 2.3 GEOLOGY AND FOSSIL VERTEBRATES; 2.3.1 Taphonomy; 2.3.2 Continental drift; 2.3.3 Ancient climates; 2.4 BIOLOGY AND FOSSIL VERTEBRATES; 2.4.1 Functional morphology; 2.4.2 Palaeoecology; 2.5 DISCOVERING PHYLOGENY 2.5.1 Cladistic analysis of morphological characters2.5.2 Molecular phylogeny reconstruction; 2.6 THE QUALITY OF THE FOSSIL RECORD; 2.7 MACROEVOLUTION; 2.8 FURTHER READING; 2.9 REFERENCES; Chapter 3 Early Palaeozoic Fishes; INTRODUCTION; 3.1 CAMBRIAN VERTEBRATES; 3.2 VERTEBRATE HARD TISSUES; 3.3 THE JAWLESS FISHES; 3.3.1 Living jawless fishes; 3.3.2 Conodonta; 3.3.3 Ordovician jawless fishes; 3.3.4 Heterostraci; 3.3.5 Anaspida and Thelodonti; 3.3.6 Osteostraci and relatives; 3.4 ORIGIN OF JAWS AND GNATHOSTOME RELATIONSHIPS; 3.4.1 Jaws; 3.4.2 Jaw attachments and gnathostome relationships 3.5 PLACODERMS: ARMOUR-PLATED MONSTERS3.5.1 Arthrodira; 3.5.2 Placoderm jaws and teeth; 3.5.3 Diverse placoderms; 3.6 CHONDRICHTHYES: THE FIRST SHARKS; 3.7 ACANTHODIANS: THE 'SPINY SKINS'; 3.8 DEVONIAN ENVIRONMENTS; 3.8.1 Siluro-Devonian faunal provinces; 3.8.2 Siluro-Devonian environments; 3.9 OSTEICHTHYES: THE BONY FISHES; 3.9.1 Devonian actinopterygians; 3.9.2 Dipnomorpha: the lungfishes; 3.9.3 Actinistia: the coelacanths; 3.9.4 Early sarcopterygians: origins of Tetrapodomorpha; 3.10 EARLY FISH EVOLUTION AND MASS EXTINCTION; 3.10.1 Diversification of early vertebrates 3.10.2 The Late Devonian mass extinctions3.11 FURTHER READING; 3.12 REFERENCES; Chapter 4 Early Tetrapods and Amphibians; INTRODUCTION; 4.1 PROBLEMS OF LIFE ON LAND; 4.1.1 Support; 4.1.2 Locomotion; 4.1.3 Feeding and respiration; 4.1.4 Sensory systems and water balance; 4.1.5 Reproduction; 4.2 DEVONIAN TETRAPODS; 4.2.1 Anatomy; 4.2.2 How many fingers and toes?; 4.2.3 Modes of life of the first tetrapods; 4.3 THE CARBONIFEROUS WORLD; 4.3.1 Romer's Gap; 4.3.2 The Carboniferous scene; 4.4 DIVERSITY OF CARBONIFEROUS TETRAPODS; 4.4.1 Early Carboniferous tetrapods; 4.4.2 Temnospondyli 4.4.3 Lepospondyli |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786780703321 |
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Benton M. J (Michael J.)
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| West Sussex, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Vertebrate palaeontology / / Michael J. Benton ; chapter opening illustrations drawn by John Sibbick
| Vertebrate palaeontology / / Michael J. Benton ; chapter opening illustrations drawn by John Sibbick |
| Autore | Benton M. J (Michael J.) |
| Edizione | [Fourth edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | West Sussex, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (506 p.) |
| Disciplina | 566 |
| Collana | New York Academy of Sciences |
| Soggetto topico | Vertebrates, Fossil |
| ISBN |
1-118-40764-4
1-118-40763-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
VERTEBRATE PALAEONTOLOGY; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Boxes; About the companion website; Chapter 1 Vertebrates Originate; INTRODUCTION; 1.1 SEA SQUIRTS AND THE LANCELET; 1.1.1 Urochordata: sea squirts; 1.1.2 Cephalochordata: amphioxus; 1.2 AMBULACRARIA: ECHINODERMS AND HEMICHORDATES; 1.3 DEUTEROSTOME RELATIONSHIPS; 1.3.1 Embryology and the position of the anus; 1.3.2 Animal phylogenomics; 1.4 CHORDATE ORIGINS; 1.4.1 Diverse early chordates; 1.4.2 Vetulicolians and yunnanozoons; 1.4.3 Development and vertebrate origins; 1.5 VERTEBRATES AND THE HEAD; 1.6 FURTHER READING
1.7 REFERENCESChapter 2 How to Study Fossil Vertebrates; INTRODUCTION; 2.1 DIGGING UP BONES; 2.1.1 Collecting fossil vertebrates; 2.1.2 Preparation and conservation of bones; 2.1.3 Display and study; 2.2 PUBLICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM; 2.2.1 The scientific literature; 2.2.2 How to write a scientific paper; 2.2.3 Careers in vertebrate palaeontology; 2.3 GEOLOGY AND FOSSIL VERTEBRATES; 2.3.1 Taphonomy; 2.3.2 Continental drift; 2.3.3 Ancient climates; 2.4 BIOLOGY AND FOSSIL VERTEBRATES; 2.4.1 Functional morphology; 2.4.2 Palaeoecology; 2.5 DISCOVERING PHYLOGENY 2.5.1 Cladistic analysis of morphological characters2.5.2 Molecular phylogeny reconstruction; 2.6 THE QUALITY OF THE FOSSIL RECORD; 2.7 MACROEVOLUTION; 2.8 FURTHER READING; 2.9 REFERENCES; Chapter 3 Early Palaeozoic Fishes; INTRODUCTION; 3.1 CAMBRIAN VERTEBRATES; 3.2 VERTEBRATE HARD TISSUES; 3.3 THE JAWLESS FISHES; 3.3.1 Living jawless fishes; 3.3.2 Conodonta; 3.3.3 Ordovician jawless fishes; 3.3.4 Heterostraci; 3.3.5 Anaspida and Thelodonti; 3.3.6 Osteostraci and relatives; 3.4 ORIGIN OF JAWS AND GNATHOSTOME RELATIONSHIPS; 3.4.1 Jaws; 3.4.2 Jaw attachments and gnathostome relationships 3.5 PLACODERMS: ARMOUR-PLATED MONSTERS3.5.1 Arthrodira; 3.5.2 Placoderm jaws and teeth; 3.5.3 Diverse placoderms; 3.6 CHONDRICHTHYES: THE FIRST SHARKS; 3.7 ACANTHODIANS: THE 'SPINY SKINS'; 3.8 DEVONIAN ENVIRONMENTS; 3.8.1 Siluro-Devonian faunal provinces; 3.8.2 Siluro-Devonian environments; 3.9 OSTEICHTHYES: THE BONY FISHES; 3.9.1 Devonian actinopterygians; 3.9.2 Dipnomorpha: the lungfishes; 3.9.3 Actinistia: the coelacanths; 3.9.4 Early sarcopterygians: origins of Tetrapodomorpha; 3.10 EARLY FISH EVOLUTION AND MASS EXTINCTION; 3.10.1 Diversification of early vertebrates 3.10.2 The Late Devonian mass extinctions3.11 FURTHER READING; 3.12 REFERENCES; Chapter 4 Early Tetrapods and Amphibians; INTRODUCTION; 4.1 PROBLEMS OF LIFE ON LAND; 4.1.1 Support; 4.1.2 Locomotion; 4.1.3 Feeding and respiration; 4.1.4 Sensory systems and water balance; 4.1.5 Reproduction; 4.2 DEVONIAN TETRAPODS; 4.2.1 Anatomy; 4.2.2 How many fingers and toes?; 4.2.3 Modes of life of the first tetrapods; 4.3 THE CARBONIFEROUS WORLD; 4.3.1 Romer's Gap; 4.3.2 The Carboniferous scene; 4.4 DIVERSITY OF CARBONIFEROUS TETRAPODS; 4.4.1 Early Carboniferous tetrapods; 4.4.2 Temnospondyli 4.4.3 Lepospondyli |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822685703321 |
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Benton M. J (Michael J.)
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| West Sussex, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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