Mesozoic Sea Dragons : : Triassic Marine Life from the Ancient Tropical Lagoon of Monte San Giorgio.

1. The site of Monte San Giorgio is the most famous marine life fossil bed in the world. 2. The story of the marine life from the Middle Triassic Period at Monte San Giorgio has never been told in book form before. 3. Olivier Rieppel is a curator at the Field Museum in Chicago and is a returning...

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Place / Publishing House:Bloomington : : Indiana University Press,, 2019.
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Year of Publication:2019
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Dragon Mountain
  • 2. Fishes
  • 3. A Sketch of Reptile Evolution
  • 4. Ichthyosaurs
  • 5. Helveticosaurus, Eusaurosphargis, and the Placodonts
  • 6. Pachypleurosaurs
  • 7. Lariosaurs and Nothosaurs
  • 8. Thalattosaurs
  • 9. Protorosaurs
  • 10. A Dinosaur Lookalike from Monte San Giorgio
  • 11. The Tethys Sea: Connections from East to West
  • Epilogue-In the Shadow of the Chinese Dragon
  • Literature Cited
  • Index
  • About the Author.