Oceans of Kansas, Second Edition : a Natural History of the Western Interior Sea.

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Revised, updated, and expanded with the latest interpretations and fossil discoveries, the second edition of Oceans of Kansas adds new twists to the fascinating story of the vast inland sea that engulfed central North America during the Age of Dinosaurs. Giant sharks, marine reptiles called mosasaur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Everhart, Michael J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2017.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Life of the Past Ser.
Temas:
From 65 to 140 million years ago
Marine animals, Fossil > Kansas.
Paleontology > Cretaceous.
Animaux marins fossiles > Kansas.
Paléontologie > Crétacé.
NATURE > Animals > Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures.
NATURE > Fossils.
SCIENCE > Paleontology.
Cretaceous Geologic Period.
Marine animals, Fossil.
Paleontology.
Kansas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: An Ocean in Kansas?; 2 Our Discovery of the Western Interior Sea; 3 Invertebrates, Plants, and Trace Fossils; 4 Sharks: Sharp Teeth and Shell Crushers; 5 Fishes, Large and Small; 6 Turtles: Leatherback Giants; 7 Where the Elasmosaurs Roamed; 8 Pliosaurs and Polycotylids; 9 Enter the Mosasaurs; 10 Pteranodons: Rulers of the Air; 11 Feathers and Teeth; 12 Dinosaurs?; 13 The Big Picture; Epilogue: Where Did It Go?; References; Index.

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