Dinosaur tracks and traces
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Dinosaur tracks and traces
Cambridge University Press, 1989
- : pbk.
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Papers solicited and developed at the 1st International Symposium on Dinosaur Tracks and Traces, held May 23-24, 1986 at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History in Albuquerque
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Description
The study of fossilized dinosaur remains, vertebrate paleontology is a well established discipline, but the discovery and rediscovery of numerous and varied dinosaur footprints and nest sites has spurred a renaissance in the associated field of ichnological research. Dinosaur Tracks and Traces is the first book ever to be devoted to this subject, and it represents the work of seventy noted dinosaur ichnologists. Contributors address the history of science and the relevance of dinosaur ichnology to the interpretation of dinosaur behaviour, paleoecology, paleoenvironments, and evolution. Several new preservation, conservation, and documentation techniques are also presented. The book is richly illustrated and is intended for students and professionals in the areas of paleontology, vertebrate zoology, geology, and paleoenvironmental analysis. The historical aspects of the book and the many site descriptions also make Dinosaur Tracks and Traces appealing to amateur fossil collectors and dinosaur enthusiasts.
Table of Contents
- Part I. Introduction
- Part II. Historical Perspectives
- Part III. Locomotion and Behaviour
- Part IV. Eggs and Nests
- Part V. Paleoecological, Paleoenvironmental and Regional Synthesis
- Part VI. Biostratigraphy
- Part VII. Experimentation and Functional Morphology
- Part VII. Site Reports
- Part IX. Systematic Ichnology
- Part X. Conservation and Preservation.
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