South American Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs

Record, Diversity and Evolution

AvAlejandro Otero,José L. Carballido

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Sauropodomorpha Huene 1932 is one of the most successful groups of dinosaurs, including the most abundant and diverse herbivorous forms with a worldwide record, extending from the late Triassic to the late Cretaceous.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-04-26
Mått:155 x 235 x 36 mm
Vikt:1 159 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Springer Earth System Sciences
Antal sidor:582
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030959586

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Innehållsförteckning

The early radiation of sauropodomorphs in the Carnian of South America.- Non-sauropodiform plateosaurians: between biped gracile and robust quadrupedal.- Non-gravisaurian Sauropodiformes of South America: early trends towards gigantism.- Gravisaurian sauropods from the late Early Jurassic from South America and the radiation of Eusauropoda.- Highly specialized diplodocoids: the Rebbachisauridae.- Whiplash tails and spiny backs in southwestern Gondwana: flagellicaudatans from South America.- The rise of non-titanosaur macronarians in South America.- Titanosauria: early diversification and systematics.- Time for giants: titanosaurs from the Aptian-Santonian age.- Last titans: titanosaurs from the Campanian-Maastrichtian age.- Eggs, nests and reproductive biology.- Body size evolution and locomotion in Sauropodomorpha: what the South American record tells us.- South American sauropodomorphs: what their bone histology has revealed to us?.- Sauropod ichnology: overview and new research lines from a South American perspective.- Taphonomy: overview and new perspectives related with the paleobiology of giants.