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Ruling Reptiles: Crocodylian Biology and Archosaur Paleobiology

Ruling Reptiles: Crocodylian Biology and Archosaur Paleobiology

Ruling Reptiles: Crocodylian Biology and Archosaur Paleobiology

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(Life of the Past) 

by James O. Farlow, Holly N. Woodward 

Modern crocodylians—crocodiles, alligators, caiman (Central and South America), and gharials (India)—have evolved over 250 million years from a fully terrestrial, bipedal ancestor. Along with birds, crocodylians are the only living members of Archosauria, the group including nonavian dinosaurs.

Ruling Reptiles features contributions on a broad range of topics surrounding crocodylian evolution and biology including osteology, osteohistology, developmental biology, myology, odontology, functional morphology, allometry, body size estimation, taphonomy, parasitology, ecology, thermophysiology, and ichnology. It demonstrates how the wide variety of these studies can also provide crucial insights into dinosaurian biology and evolution.

Featuring the latest findings and interpretations, Ruling Reptiles: Crocodylian Biology and Archosaur Paleobiology is an essential resource for zoologists, biologists, and paleontologists.

Year 2023
Pages 424
Language English
Format PDF
Size 175 MB
ASIN B0B6ZV67KH
ISBN-10 0253066476, 0253066468
ISBN-13 9780253066473, 9780253066466, 978-0253066473, 978-0253066466