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A Mid-Ordovician Brachiopod Evolutionary Hotspot in Southern Kazakhstan (Fossils and Strata Monograph Series #66)
Par L. Robin Cocks, Leonid E. Popov. 2022
Discover a crucial period and location in the study of brachiopod evolution Part of the Fossils and Strata Monograph Series,…
A Mid-Ordovician Brachiopod Evolutionary Hotspot in Southern Kazakhstan offers readers an illuminating and engrossing look at brachiopods from the mid-Ordovician period in Southern Kazakhstan. The book explores the geological setting, brachiopod associations, and their implications for biodiversity. It also considers specific localities of interest, systematic paleontology, and provides over two dozen instructive figures and illustrations.Stable Isotopes in Tree Rings: Inferring Physiological, Climatic and Environmental Responses (Tree Physiology #8)
Par Rolf T. W. Siegwolf, J. Renée Brooks, John Roden, Matthias Saurer. 2022
This Open Access volume highlights how tree ring stable isotopes have been used to address a range of environmental issues…
from paleoclimatology to forest management, and anthropogenic impacts on forest growth. It will further evaluate weaknesses and strengths of isotope applications in tree rings. In contrast to older tree ring studies, which predominantly applied a pure statistical approach this book will focus on physiological mechanisms that influence isotopic signals and reflect environmental impacts. Focusing on connections between physiological responses and drivers of isotope variation will also clarify why environmental impacts are not linearly reflected in isotope ratios and tree ring widths. This volume will be of interest to any researcher and educator who uses tree rings (and other organic matter proxies) to reconstruct paleoclimate as well as to understand contemporary functional processes and anthropogenic influences on native ecosystems. The use of stable isotopes in biogeochemical studies has expanded greatly in recent years, making this volume a valuable resource to a growing and vibrant community of researchers.Sands of Time: Ancient Life in the Late Miocene of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology)
Par Andrew Hill, Faysal Bibi, Brian Kraatz, Mark J. Beech. 2022
This monograph presents the results of over 10 years of paleontological and geological survey in the Baynunah Formation of the United…
Arab Emirates. Exposed widely in western Abu Dhabi Emirate, the Baynunah Formation and its fossils provide the only record of terrestrial environments and evolution in the Arabian Peninsula during the late Miocene epoch (12-5 Ma). This volume describes new fossils collected since 2002, presented systematically by taxon, and including mammals, reptiles, and invertebrates, as well as fossil trackways. The discoveries are framed within the results of new geological, geochemical, and geochrononological analyses, providing an updated and synthetic view of the age, environments, and biogeographic relationships of this important fossil assemblage.Fossils (A True Book (relaunch): Earth Science Series)
Par Ann O. Squire. 2013
Fossils are one of the most important tools we have for learning about long-extinct wildlife. A True Book: Earth Science…
series presents fascinating facts and fun activities that will engage the budding earth scientist, while exploring the fields of geology, meteorology, ecology, and more. This series includes an age appropriate (grades 3-5) introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects and a robust resource section that encourages independent study. In the 4.6 billion years since Earth was formed, many plant and animal species have come and gone. Readers will discover how fossils are formed, how paleontologists search for them, and what kinds of information they can provide.Dinosaurs: 10 Things You Should Know
Par Dr Dean Lomax. 2021
'A warp-speed tour of dinosaurs, with an expert guide' PROF. STEVE BRUSATTE, bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of…
Dinosaurs'A fun, speedy read for grown-ups who love dinosaurs - a great way to get into the subject' PROF. MICHAEL BENTON, author of The Dinosaurs Rediscovered---------Travel back to the prehistoric world and discover the most fascinating parts of the lives of Earth's most awe-inspiring creatures - the dinosaurs. Dr Dean Lomax brings these prehistoric creatures to life in ten bite-sized essays, written for people short on time but not curiosity. Making big ideas simple, Dean takes readers on a journey to uncover what makes a dinosaur a dinosaur, what dinosaurs ate, how they evolved, what caused them to go extinct, and more! Perfect for anyone fascinated by the dinosaur exhibits at museums, palaeontology and fans of Jurassic Park.---------'An eminently accessible read...a perfect primer (or refresher) for dino fans and newbies, yet doesn't skimp on the fascinating details that make 21st-century palaeontology so vibrant' DR REBECCA WRAGG SYKES, author of KindredThis book discusses how and why animals evolved into particular shapes. The book identifies the physical laws which decide over…
the evolutionary (selective) value of body shape and morphological characters. Comparing the mechanical necessities with morphological details, the author attempts to understand how evolution works, and which sorts of limitations are set by selection.The book explains morphological traits in more biomechanical detail without getting lost in physics, or in methods. Most emphasis is placed on the proximate question, namely the identification of the mechanical stresses which must be sustained by the respective body parts, when they move the body or its parts against resistance.In the first part of the book the focus is on ‘primitive’ animals and later on the emphasis shifts to highly specialized mammals. Readers will learn more about living and fossil animals.A section of the book is dedicated to human evolution but not to produce another evolutionary tree, nor to refine a former one, but to contribute to answering the question: “WHY early humans have developed their particular body shape".Dinosaurs: The Textbook
Par Spencer Lucas. 2022
Geared toward a broad variety of students, Dinosaurs: The Textbook offers a concise and lucid presentation of the core biological…
and geological concepts of dinosaur science. Revised throughout to reflect recent fossil discoveries and the current scientific consensus, this seventh edition details the evolution, phylogeny, and classification of various dinosaur species while modeling the best approach for navigating new and existing research.Spencer G. Lucas takes readers through the major taxonomic groups, including theropods, sauropodomorphs, ornithopods, ceratopsians, pachycephalosaurs, stegosaurs, and ankylosaurs. He also examines the behavior and extinction of the dinosaurs, their biological relationship to birds, and their representation (or misrepresentation) in art, literature, film, and other forms of popular culture.This seventh edition of the leading text for introductory courses on dinosaurs incorporates comprehensive updates based on the latest research. Lucas highlights how dinosaur science is rapidly evolving, exploring how new discoveries, methods, and ideas are expanding the frontiers of knowledge. The book features cutting-edge and scientifically rigorous illustrations by leading paleoartists. It also includes extensive and reader-friendly end-of-chapter summary tools, review questions, a detailed glossary, a dinosaur dictionary, and a comprehensive index.How Fast Did T. rex Run?: Unsolved Questions from the Frontiers of Dinosaur Science
Par David Hone. 2022
The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of dinosaursIn just the past twenty years, we have learned more…
about dinosaurs than we did in the previous two centuries. This book describes the extraordinary advances in palaeontology that are beginning to solve many of the mysteries surrounding these marvelous prehistoric creatures, from their ways of communicating to their mating habits, the color of their skin, their migration patterns and extinction. How did dinosaurs rear their young? What did they eat? What did T. rex actually do with those tiny arms? David Hone draws on his own discoveries at the forefront of dinosaur science to illuminate these and other questions.Each chapter in this lively and informative book covers a key topic in dinosaur science, such as origins, diversity, evolution, habitats, anatomy, behaviour, ecology and dinosaur descendants—the birds. For each topic, Hone discusses the history of what palaeontologists thought in the past, the new insights we are gleaning from recent fossil finds and the latest technologies and the gaps in our knowledge that still remain. He shares his own predictions about the research areas that may produce the next big ideas in dinosaur science and addresses the unknowns we may never solve.How Fast Did T. rex Run? reveals everything we now know about dinosaurs—and everything we don’t—and charts thrilling new directions for tomorrow’s generation of dinosaur scientists.Frozen in Time: Fossils of the United Kingdom and Where to Find Them
Par Rhys Charles. 2022
A vibrant and richly detailed guide to fossils for readers with a passion for the natural world and those that…
inhabited it long ago.This is a book for those that want to learn to scan the beach for fossils, who love the simple pleasure of getting outside or those who want to develop their relationship with the world around them. From the Jurassic Coast to the Antrim Coast, our nation is home to some of the most incredible fossil sites in the world.Weaving an intricate tapestry of knowledge on the landscape of our own pre-historic planet, palaeontologist and Education Officer of the Bristol Dinosaur Project, Rhys Charles beautifully communicates the joy of fossil-hunting and where best to hunt for them in the country. Under his guidance, and with The Natural History Museum, this book invites readers to unlock breath-taking fragments of a lost world.Frozen in Time: Fossils of the United Kingdom and Where to Find Them
Par Rhys Charles. 2022
A vibrant and richly detailed guide to fossils for readers with a passion for the natural world and those that…
inhabited it long ago.This is a book for those that want to learn to scan the beach for fossils, who love the simple pleasure of getting outside or those who want to develop their relationship with the world around them. From the Jurassic Coast to the Antrim Coast, our nation is home to some of the most incredible fossil sites in the world.Weaving an intricate tapestry of knowledge on the landscape of our own pre-historic planet, palaeontologist and Education Officer of the Bristol Dinosaur Project, Rhys Charles beautifully communicates the joy of fossil-hunting and where best to hunt for them in the country. Under his guidance, and with The Natural History Museum, this book invites readers to unlock breath-taking fragments of a lost world.Lakes of Mongolia: Geomorphology, Geochemistry and Paleoclimatology (Syntheses in Limnogeology)
Par Alexander Orkhonselenge, Munkhjargal Uuganzaya, Tuyagerel Davaagatan. 2022
This book provides an overview of lakes in Mongolia from scientific, economic and scenic points of view, presenting lake area…
changes, their sedimentological and geochemical characteristics, valuable economic and geoheritage resources and paleoclimate change reconstruction. The book emphasizes internationally well-known lakes of Mongolia, but it also describes far less popular lakes which have remained unrecognized for scientific importance. The book offers modern, qualitative, process-oriented approaches and quantitative analytic results-based implications to understand the geomorphological, sedimentological and geochemical evolution of lake basins in Mongolia, and past and present climate changes in Mongolia and Eurasia. Insights into the interpretation of data obtained from the lake basins in the fields of geomorphology, sedimentology, geochemistry, geochronology and paleoclimatology are developed from theoretical principles, empirical observations, correlative illustrations, analytic measurements and conscious hypotheses. Based on the application of a combined compilation of recent Landsat 8 images of the lakes and topographic maps of them in 1970, this book presents enriched results and implications derived from remote sensing together with field measurements and laboratory analyses. This data compilation belongs to a research team at the Laboratory of Geochemistry and Geomorphology (LGG), National University of Mongolia (NUM).Mollusks and Marine Environments of the Ten Thousand Islands
Par Edward J. Petuch, David P. Berschauer. 2023
Mollusks and Marine Environments of the Ten Thousand Islands provides the first comprehensive overview of the shells and habitats that…
are present in the last unexplored coastal area of southwestern Florida. The mysterious and primordial Ten Thousand Islands, where the rivers and marshlands of the Everglades empty into the Gulf of Mexico, house a number of remarkable marine ecosystems, many shown here in detail for the first time. Primary among these are unique worm shell “reef systems,” composed entirely of immense masses of vermetid gastropod mollusks. These previously unexplored and unstudied gastropod reefs, which are often many acres in size, are shown here to mimic coral reefs in their growth structure and represent the only large-scale molluscan reefs found anywhere on Earth. Living in association with the zonated gastropod reefs are a number of rare and unusual mollusks, some of which represent endemic species that are unique to the Ten Thousand Islands. These and many other southwestern Florida shells are illustrated throughout this book, along with detailed illustrations and descriptions of the marine and estuarine environments that dominate the archipelago and its adjacent lagoon systems.Plants and Palynomorphs around the Permian-Triassic Boundary of South China (New Records of the Great Dying in South China)
Par Jianxin Yu, Jean Broutin, Zongsheng Lu. 2022
This book documents timely and systematically marvelous fossils (plants and sporopollen) related to the biggest mass extinction of the Permian–Triassic…
transition. Numerous beautiful pictures and comprehensive records on the plants of this unique and critical interval of geohistory are presented in this book. It greatly contributes to understanding of the Permian–Triassic plant diversity and evolution. For geologists, it is important to understand the Permian–Triassic crisis, and for students, it is attractive to learn about the plants’ response to palaeoclimatic changes.What Bugged the Dinosaurs?: Insects, Disease, and Death in the Cretaceous
Par George Poinar, Roberta Poinar. 2008
Millions of years ago in the Cretaceous period, the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex--with its dagger-like teeth for tearing its prey to…
ribbons--was undoubtedly the fiercest carnivore to roam the Earth. Yet as What Bugged the Dinosaurs? reveals, T. rex was not the only killer. George and Roberta Poinar show how insects--from biting sand flies to disease-causing parasites--dominated life on the planet and played a significant role in the life and death of the dinosaurs. The Poinars bring the age of the dinosaurs marvelously to life. Analyzing exotic insects fossilized in Cretaceous amber at three major deposits in Lebanon, Burma, and Canada, they reconstruct the complex ecology of a hostile prehistoric world inhabited by voracious swarms of insects. The Poinars draw upon tantalizing new evidence from their amazing discoveries of disease-producing vertebrate pathogens in Cretaceous blood-sucking flies, as well as intestinal worms and protozoa found in fossilized dinosaur excrement, to provide a unique view of how insects infected with malaria, leishmania, and other pathogens, together with intestinal parasites, could have devastated dinosaur populations. A scientific adventure story from the authors whose research inspired Jurassic Park, What Bugged the Dinosaurs?? offers compelling evidence of how insects directly and indirectly contributed to the dinosaurs' demise.The Truth About Dinosaurs (Fact or Fake?)
Par Sonya Newland. 2022
Sort the truth from the lies with the Fact or Fake series packed full of unbelievable, mind-boggling facts!This high-interest series…
for children aged 9-11 sorts the facts from the fakes. From the human body and dinosaurs to history and science, each statement is proved right or wrong, and accompanied by eye-popping graphics that bring each subject to life! Prepare to be surprised and amazed by these sometimes strange, but always fascinating, truths.In Fact or Fake: The Truth About Dinosaurs will you separate the facts from the fakes?:Is there really a dinosaur named after Hogwarts School? Is it true that Stegosaurus had two brain? Dinosaurs were great parents, fact or fake?T rex stood upright, or did it?Eye-catching illustration, quirky fonts and clever design treatment make this an appealing and unputdownable high interest leisure read for children aged 9+ Other titles in the series: The Truth about the Human Body The Truth about Science The Truth about History The Truth about Space The Truth about Animals The Truth about Planet Earth The Truth about Dinosaurs The Truth about Sports The Truth about Inventions The Truth about Survival SkillsWho Ate the First Oyster?: The Extraordinary People Behind the Greatest Firsts in History
Par Cody Cassidy. 2020
Who wore the first pants? Who painted the first masterpiece? Who first rode the horse? This madcap adventure across ancient…
history uses everything from modern genetics to archaeology to uncover the geniuses behind these and other world-changing innovations.In this book, writer Cody Cassidy digs deep into the latest research to uncover the untold stories of some of these incredible innovators (or participants in lucky accidents). With a sharp sense of humor and boundless enthusiasm for the wonders of our ancient ancestors, Who Ate the First Oyster? profiles the perpetrators of the greatest firsts and catastrophes of prehistory, using the lives of individuals to provide a glimpse into ancient cultures to show how and why these critical developments occurred, and educate us on a period of time that until recently we've known almost nothing about.(P)2020 Penguin Random House AudioBryozoan Studies 2010 (Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences #143)
Par Andrej Ernst, Joachim Scholz, Priska Sch fer. 2012
Bryozoa are a colonial animal phylum with a long evolutionary history having existed from the early Ordovician 480…
My onward and still flourishing today Several mass extinctions in earth history shaped and triggered bryozoan evolution through drastic turnover of faunas and new evolutionary lineages Bryozoa are widespread across all latitudes from Equator to Polar Regions and occur in marine and freshwater environments They are shaping benthic ecosystems and recording ambient environmental conditions in their skeletons The book provides a synthesis of the current main topics of research in the field of Bryozoology including combined research on both extant and extinct taxa Fields or current research span molecular genetics and phylogeny life history reproduction and anatomy biodiversity and evolutionary patterns in time and space taxonomy zoogeography ecology sediment interactions and climate responseComputational Paleontology
Par Ashraf M T Elewa. 2010
Computational paleontology is simply a term applied to using computers and its facilities in the field of paleontology However…
we should be exactly precise in describing the term through explaining the main themes of this motivating and attractive scientific field The uppermost aim of this book is to explain how computation could be competent in fetching fossils to life and the past to present Computers for paleontologists save time and costs interpret mysterious events precisely and accurately visualize the ancient life definitely and undeniablyDinosaurs - The Grand Tour: Everything Worth Knowing About Dinosaurs from Aardonyx to Zuniceratops
Par Jack Horner, Keiron Pim. 2013
From Aardonyx to Zuniceratops A Dino-Mite Gathering of All the Dinosaurs More Than 300 Worth…
Knowing About We live in a golden age of paleontological discovery the perfect time to dig in to the spectacular world of dinosaurs From Aardonyx a lumbering beast that formed a link between two and four-legged dinosaurs to Zuniceratops who boasted a deadly pair of horns Dinosaurs The Grand Tour details everything worth knowing about every important dinosaur that scientists know about more than 300 in all In Dinosaurs you ll learn all the gory details about geology anatomy evolution astronomy and even Native American and Chinese mythology Stories of harrowing paleontological expeditions conjure the thrills of history s most famous dinosaur hunters Highlights of recent research reveal what s going on in the world of dinosaurs today including scientists recent discovery of pigments embedded in dinosaur fossils that shed light for the first time on dinosaurs true coloration Illustrations on virtually every page bring these prehistoric creatures to life in all their razor-sharp long-necked spiny scaly glory And for readers inspired to test their dino-expertise in the field renowned paleontologist Jack Horner s field notes will help enthusiasts set out on their own expeditions Track down dinosaur footprints at Horner s recommended sites head out on a cross-country dinosaur road trip using Horner s list of top North American dinosaurs as your map and learn what it s like to be a leading paleontologist who s been part of some of the most sensational dinosaur discoveries ever and how you can get involved tooMarine Conservation Paleobiology (Topics in Geobiology #47)
Par Carrie L. Tyler, Chris L. Schneider. 2018
This volume describes and explores the emerging discipline of conservation paleobiology, and addresses challenges faced by established and young Conservation…
Paleobiologist's alike. In addition, this volume includes applied research highlighting how conservation paleobiology can be used to understand ecosystem response to perturbation in near and deep time. Across 10 chapters, the book aims to (1) explore the goals of conservation paleoecology as a science, (2) highlight how conservation paleoecology can be used to understand ecosystems’ responses to crises, (3) provide case studies of applications to modern ecosystems, (4) develop novel applications of paleontological approaches to neontological data, and (5) present a range of ecosystem response and recovery through environmental crises, from high-resolution impacts on organism interactions to the broadest scale of responses of the entire marine biosphere to global change. The volume will be of interest to paleoecologists, paleobiologists, and conservation biologists.