The Desert Bones : The Paleontology and Paleoecology of Mid-Cretaceous North Africa (Life of the Past)

Ijouiher, Jamale

Indiana University Press（2022/11発売）

Indiana University Press（2022/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 326 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780253063311
• DDC分類 560.961

Full Description

An essential introduction to the age of dinosaurs in Africa.
Once Africa was referred to as the ''Lost World of the dinosaur era,'' so poorly known were its ancient flora and fauna. Worse still, many priceless fossil specimens from the Sahara Desert were destroyed during the Second World War. Fortunately, in the twentieth-first century, more researchers are now working in north Africa than ever before and making fascinating discoveries such as the dinosaur Spinosaurus. Based on a decade of study, The Desert Bones brings the world of African dinosaurs fully into the light. Jamale Ijouiher skillfully draws on the latest research and knowledge about paleoecology to paint a compelling and comprehensive portrait of the mid-Cretaceous in North Africa.

Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Museum Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Palaeoenvironments and Stratigraphy of North Africa
2. The Flora of North Africa
3. The Fauna of North Africa: Invertebrates
4. The Fauna of North Africa: Vertebrates (fish)
5. The Fauna of North Africa: Vertebrates (tetrapods)
6. North African Ecology
7. The March of the Oysters
8. The Cenomanian Mass Extinction
Appendix
Literature Cited