The Princeton Field Guide to Pterosaurs /

The most up-to-date and authoritative illustrated guide to the marvelous flying reptiles that dominated the skies of the Mesozoic for 160 million yearsOnce seen by some as evolutionary dead-enders, pterosaurs were vigorous winged reptiles capable of thriving in an array of habitats and climates, inc...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Paul, Gregory S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Colección:Princeton Field Guides ; 122
Temas:
Pterosauria > Identification.
NATURE / Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures.
Aerial refueling.
Allosauroidea.
Amphibian.
Angiogenesis.
Anhanguera (pterosaur).
Anurognathus.
Archaeopteryx.
Archosaur.
Biology.
Bird anatomy.
Campylognathoides.
Carpal bones.
Center of mass (relativistic).
Cetacea.
Cochlea.
Comparative anatomy.
Coniacian.
Cretaceous.
Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event.
Crocodilia.
Cross section (physics).
Darwinopterus.
Delta wing.
Dinosauromorpha.
Drag (physics).
Dromaeosauridae.
Dsungaripterus.
Early Cretaceous.
Early Jurassic.
Embryo.
Esophagus.
Factory.
Feathered dinosaur.
Fighter aircraft.
Fossil trackway.
Galliformes.
Georges Cuvier.
Geosternbergia.
Giant tortoise.
Gnathosaurus.
Gregory S. Paul.
Icaronycteris.
Ichthyosaur.
Index fossil.
Invertebrate.
Joint capsule.
Jurassic.
Late Jurassic.
Late Triassic.
Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
Logging.
Mammal.
Marine reptile.
Megapode.
Mesozoic.
Metacarpal bones.
Middle Jurassic.
Middle Triassic.
Monitor lizard.
Mosasaur.
Nyctosaurus.
Omnivore.
Order (biology).
Ornithischia.
Oxfordian (stage).
Paleobiology.
Permian-Triassic extinction event.
Pierre Shale.
Platecarpus.
Plesiosauria.
Princeton University Press.
Protoceratopsid.
Pteranodon.
Pterodactylus.
Pterosaur.
Reptile.
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
Robustness (evolution).
Sauropoda.
Scaphognathus.
Scavenging (automotive).
Sclerotic ring.
Space Shuttle external tank.
Species description.
Species diversity.
Stall (fluid mechanics).
Stork.
Tapejara (pterosaur).
Taxon.
Teratornis.
Tetrapod.
Theropoda.
Transitional fossil.
Triassic.
Tropeognathus.
Tyrannosauroidea.
Urbanization.
Wing chord (biology).
Wing configuration.
Zoology.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • HISTORY OF DISCOVERY AND RESEARCH
  • WHAT IS A PTEROSAUR?
  • DATING PTEROSAURS
  • EVOLUTION OF PTEROSAURS AND THEIR WORLD
  • EXTINCTION
  • AFTER THE AGE OF PTEROSAURS
  • BIOLOGY
  • BEHAVIOR
  • GROWTH
  • ENERGETICS
  • GIGANTISM
  • MESOZOIC OXYGEN
  • PTEROSAUR SAFARI
  • IF PTEROSAURS SURVIVED
  • PTEROSAUR CONSERVATION, KEEPING, AND CONSUMPTION
  • WHERE PTEROSAURS ARE FOUND
  • PTEROSAUR COUNT
  • USING THE GROUP AND SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS
  • Group and Species Accounts
  • PTEROSAURS
  • RHAMPHORHYNCHOIDS
  • PTERODACTYLOIDS
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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