Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals, Fossil
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Get Book Here

Book Description

Author: Federico Kukso
Publisher: B DE BLOK
ISBN: 9877804565
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : es
Pages : 55

Get Book Here

Book Description
Una guía completa de los dinosaurios fundamentales que habitaron América del Sur. Ilustraciones atractivas, datos actualizados y desafíos para aprender jugando. Los dinosaurios más asombrosos que alguna vez dominaron el territorio sudamericano dejan su huella en este libro. Animate a viajar a través del tiempo para descubrir por qué América del Sur fue el escenario perfecto para el desarrollo de especies con características únicas y conocer todo sobre estas fascinantes criaturas prehistóricas. Durante más de 150 millones de años, los dinosaurios fueron los reyes indiscutidos del planeta. Y aunque hoy la Tierra es muy distinta, estas extraordinarias criaturas nos siguen cautivando. En especial aquellas que habitaron América del Sur, una región que por sus particulares características fue el escenario perfecto para el desarrollo de especies asombrosas. Hubo feroces depredadores como Ceratosaurus (Uruguay) y Thanos (Brasil), herbívoros de enorme cresta puntiaguda como Bajadasaurus (Argentina) y ejemplares acorazados como Stegouros (Chile), un verdadero espadachín de filosa cola. Este libro invita a chicos y chicas a explorar este increíble universo a través de la ciencia y el conocimiento, y a saber todo acerca de estos seres prehistóricos que desafían la imaginación y alimentan la curiosidad. ¡Que empiece esta aventura a través del tiempo para descubrir los dinosaurios que alguna vez dominaron este subcontinente!

Author: Guillermo W. Rougier
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030638626
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388

Get Book Here

Book Description
This book summarizes the most relevant published paleontological information, supplemented by our own original work, on the record of Mesozoic mammals’ evolution, their close ancestors and their immediate descendants. Mammals evolved in a systematically diverse world, amidst a dynamic geography that is at the root of the 6,500 species living today. Fossils of Mesozoic mammals, while rare and often incomplete, are key to understanding how mammals have evolved over more than 200 million years. Mesozoic mammals and their close relatives occur in a few dozen localities from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, and Peru spanning from the Mid- Triassic to the Late Cretaceous, with some lineages surviving the cataclysmic end of the Cretaceous period, into the Cenozoic of Argentina. There are roughly 25 recognized mammalian species distributed in several distinctive lineages, including australosphenidans, multituberculates, gondwanatherians, eutriconodonts, amphilestids and dryolestoids, among others. With its focus on diversity, systematics, phylogeny, and their impact on the evolution of mammals, there is no similar book currently available.

Author: Federico Agnolin
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031562666
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 335

Get Book Here

Book Description

Author: Alejandro Otero
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030959597
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 590

Get Book Here

Book Description
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. Sauropodomorphs comprise a diverse assemblage of early forms (traditionally called “prosauropods”) and the well-established clade Sauropoda Marsh 1878. Early sauropodomorphs were small to medium sized forms, with long necks and reduced skulls, mostly bipeds and omnivores and were abundant in continental environments in the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic. With more than 150 valid species and a worldwide distribution, Sauropoda includes the dominant herbivorous dinosaurs, from the Middle Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous. Its unique body plan, characterized by gigantic size, graviportal locomotion, long necks and tails, and reduced skulls, made this group an undisputed icon in popular culture since the 19th century. In South America, the sauropodomorph record is particularly rich and abundant, and many species have shed light to understand important milestones in the evolutionary history of this group of dinosaurs. The origin of Sauropodomorpha, the transition to Sauropoda, and the diversification of its most successful evolutionary lineages are largely exemplified by the South American fossil record. In this contribution, we synthetize the diversity of sauropodomorphs from South America, including data on their geographic and stratigraphic provenance, phylogenetics, paleobiology, taphonomy and behaviour, underscoring their significance within the context of sauropodomorph evolution.

Author: Thomas Defler
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319984497
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 372

Get Book Here

Book Description
This book takes a non-technical approach in covering the evolution of South American mammalian fauna throughout geological history, and discusses how South America has changed due to mammalian invasions. Unlike other works on the subject, this book attempts to answer several crucial questions that often go unmentioned together in one cohesive monograph. What was the fauna like before the American interchange? What were the origins of the now-extinct groups when northern species arrived and out-competed them? How did the modern mammalian fauna come into being with such disparate animal groups? This information is given from a historical perspective throughout the book's 15 chapters, and is presented in an easily graspable fashion by mostly avoiding technical language. The book is written for academics, scientists and scholars engaged in paleontology, zoology and evolutionary biology, but may also appeal to a larger audience of general readers interested in mammalian evolution. The book begins with an introduction, describing the tools necessary to interpret the evolutionary history of South American mammals in geological terms and some of the early people who helped found South American mammalian paleontology. Chapter 2 describes the Mesozoic first mammals of Gondwana and what we are learning about them, dominant before the K/T extinction event. Then chapters 3 through 8 cover the Cenozoic, or "Age of Mammals", highlighting the major mammalian groups of South America that replaced the earlier mammals of Gondwana. These groups include the marsupials, native ungulates, the xenarthrans (armadillos, anteaters, sloths), the caviomorphs (rodents), and the platyrrhine monkeys. Chapters 9 and 10 address the Antarctic La Meseta fossils and the Colombian La Venta fossil faunal assemblages. Chapter 11 discusses the neotropical mammals that invaded the Caribbean Islands, and illustrates the influence South America has had on adjacent faunas. Chapter 12 describes the origin of the Amazon River and the role it has played in the evolution of the mammals and other flora and fauna. Chapter 13 tells the story of the Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI), and chapter 14 follows this up with a discussion of the Pleistocene mammal communities and their eventual extinction. Chapter 15 concludes the text by discussing the modern mammals of South America, and how despite the extensive Pleistocene extinctions there is still a lot of mammalian diversity in South America.

Author: Malte C. Ebach
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1315355779
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1009

Get Book Here

Book Description
The Handbook of Australasian Biogeography is the most comprehensive overview of the biogeography of Australasian plants, fungi and animal taxa in a single volume. This volume is unique in its coverage of marine, freshwater, terrestrial, and subterranean taxa. It is an essential publication for anyone studying or researching Australasian biogeography. The book contains biogeographic reviews of all major plant, animal and fungal groups in Australasia by experts in the field, including a strong emphasis on invertebrates, algae, fungi and subterranean taxa. It discusses how Australasia is different from the rest of the world and what other areas share its history and biota.

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788448860721
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 0

Get Book Here

Book Description

Author: Francisco Gasco Lluna
Publisher: Almuzara
ISBN: 9788417547431
Category : Science
Languages : es
Pages : 272

Get Book Here

Book Description
Since when do we find dinosaur bones? Who came up with calling them that? Francesc Gascó addresses the complete history of our relationship with dinosaurs, from that love story that were the first fossil remains found and scientifically interpreted to the latest recent discoveries, accompanied by myths, legends, and a lot of pop culture.

Author: José L. Gudiño Maussán
Publisher: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
ISBN: 6075391908
Category : Education
Languages : es
Pages : 109

Get Book Here

Book Description
Investigación paleontológica sobre dinosaurios en nuestro país a partir de una revisión analítica de las fuentes documentales.