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Dawn of the dinosaurs : life in the Triassic
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Dawn of the dinosaurs : life in the Triassic

Author: Nicholas C Fraser
Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2006.
Series: Life of the past
Edition/Format: Book : State or province government publication : English
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Nicholas C Fraser
ISBN: 0253346525 9780253346520
OCLC Number: 62615932
Description: xvi, 307 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 29 cm.
Contents: pt. 1. The end of an era: the Early Triassic. Setting the stage: the paleogeography and climate of the Triassic world -- A brief phylogeny of Triassic fishes and tetrapods -- Starting out in the Triassic -- pt. 2. A comfortable Middle Age: the Middle Triassic. A hint of the sea -- No midlife crisis -- pt. 3. A time of change: the Early Late Triassic. Marginal creatures in a marginal world -- The enigmas of Texas and the U.S. Southwest -- Life in the sand dunes? The Elgin reptiles -- Life in the deep South: the Late Triassic of Gondwana -- pt. 4. The birth of Modern Terrestrial ecosystems. Pitfalls in paleontology: the British fissure deposits -- Time to go our separate ways: the Newark supergroup -- A catastrophic finale? the mode and tempo of faunal change.
Series Title: Life of the past
Responsibility: Nicholas Fraser ; illustrated by Douglas Henderson.
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