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Rhynchosaurs
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Infraclass |
Archosauromorpha |
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Rhynchosaurs were a group of
diapsid reptiles related to Archosaurs. They lived during
most of the
Triassic period,
and seem to have been extremely abundant.
Rhynchosaurs were all herbivores. They had stocky bodies, hind feet
with massive claws adapted for digging, and a powerful
beak. The earliest Rhynchosaurs tended to resemble lizards, but later
species tended to have a broader triangular skull suggestive of
powerful jaw muscles, and a premaxilla (the bone at the end of the upper
jaw) extending outwards from the beak.
Rhynchosaurs were herbivores that lived during the Triassic period
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By Ronald Cohn Jesse Russell
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This book looks at how an animal is organized to carry out a difficult task - that of feeding on plants. The complex adaptations necessary to enable animals to obtain nutrients successfully from a herbivorous diet are many. For the first time these problems are examined here purely from the perspective of reptiles. Common themes are teased out and arranged chronologically to help gain an understanding of the patterns of diversity change in the group. This book will be of great interest to researchers and students of zoology, palaeontology, evolution, ecology, functional anatomy and morphology. |
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Concise detailed review — amply illustrated — of the astonishing creatures that ruled the earth for some 180 million years, with particular emphasis on the tetrapods (four-legged vertebrates that lived during the years of reptilian dominance). Also examines interrelationships between amphibians and reptiles, birds and mammals, and between these creatures and their environments. |
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This book is the first attempt to collate all the information known to date on the small vertebrates, e.g. mammals, crocodiles, turtles, lizards, frogs, salamanders, etc., and features contributions by experts with international reputations in their fields. There are chapters on the taxonomy and phylogeny of the key vertebrate groups followed by a section dealing with the most significant fossiliferous assemblages worldwide. The final section looks at how faunal turnover at this time is measured and examines the possibility of mass extinctions. |
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Among the exciting events in recent dinosaur paleontology has been the discovery of significant numbers of dinosaur fossils in South America, many of which are markedly different from their cousins to the north. Fernando E. Novas, one of the scientists closely involved with these important discoveries, presents an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the dinosaurs of South America. Novas reviews the dinosaur record in the region from Patagonia to Peru, discussing the anatomy, systematics, and evolution of these dinosaurs (and their immediate precursors) within both paleogeographic and paleoecological contexts. He describes all of the important finds in chapter-length studies of the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods. Because the Cretaceous record is so rich, Novas devotes separate chapters to sauropods, theropods, and ornithischians, and puts together the evolutionary story of the period in a final summary chapter. Generously illustrated in color and in black and white, The Age of Dinosaurs in South America is a first-of-its-kind report on these unique and wonderfully diverse dinosaur faunas. (2010) |
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Based on the work of Samuel Wendell Williston and Dr. W. K. Gregory, author and editor of the original title published in 1925, this volume consists of two major portions -- a structure-by-structure account of the reptile skeleton, followed by a classification of the various reptile groups based on osteological characters. It was designed to give in outline form an account of the nature of the skeletal system of numerous reptile types living and extinct. |
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