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Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ex-library with the usual library markings (if not for the library markings this copy would be graded in fine condition); overall a nice used copy! Blue boards with silver lettering on the spine. 349 historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "Sauropod dinosaurs were the largest animals ever to walk the earth, and they represent a substantial portion of vertebrate biomass and biodiversity during the Mesozoic Era. The story of sauropod evolution is told in an extensive fossil record of skeletons and footprints that span the globe and 150 million years of earth history. This generously illustrated volume is the first comprehensive scientific summary of sauropod evolution and paleobiology. The contributors explore sauropod anatomy, detail its variations, and question the myth that life at large…
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The Sauropods: Evolution and Paleobiology Hardcover - 2005
by Kristina Curry Rogers (Editor); Jeffrey Wilson (Editor)
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This year marks the one hundred sixty-fourth anniversary of Richard Owen's (1841) description of the first sauropod-Cetiosaurus, the "whale lizard"-on the basis of vertebrae and limb elements from localities across England.
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This is the most comprehensive overview and analysis of sauropod dinosaurs ever written.--Jason Head, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution
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- Title The Sauropods: Evolution and Paleobiology
- Author Kristina Curry Rogers (Editor); Jeffrey Wilson (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Printing.
- Pages 358
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley, California:
- Date 2005-12-16
- Features Dust Cover, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780520246232 / 0520246233
- Weight 2.06 lbs (0.93 kg)
- Dimensions 10.28 x 7.28 x 1.19 in (26.11 x 18.49 x 3.02 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Prehistoric
- Library of Congress subjects Paleobiology, Saurischia
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005010624
- Dewey Decimal Code 567.913
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