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  title info:
    title: Pterosaurs
    sub title: natural history, evolution, anatomy
  name:
    name part: Witton, Mark P.
    name part: 1984-
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nju
    date issued: 2013
    copyright date: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 291 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
  abstract: For 150 million years, the skies didn't belong to birds. They belonged to the pterosaurs. These flying reptiles, which include the pterodactyls, shared the world with the nonavian dinosaurs until their extinction 65 million years ago. Some pterosaurs, such as the giant azhdarchids, were the largest flying animals of all time, with wingspans exceeding thirty feet and standing heights comparable to modern giraffes. This richly illustrated book takes an unprecedented look at these astonishing creatures, presenting the latest findings on their anatomy, ecology and extinction. Pterosaurs features some 200 stunning illustrations, including original paintings by Mark Witton and photos of rarely seen fossils. After decades of mystery, paleontologists have finally begun to understand how pterosaurs are related to other reptiles, how they functioned as living animals and, despite dwarfing all other flying animals, how they managed to become airborne. Here you can explore the fossil evidence of pterosaur behavior and ecology, learn about the skeletal and soft-tissue anatomy of pterosaurs, and consider the newest theories about their cryptic origins. This one-of-a-kind book covers the discovery history, paleobiogeography, anatomy and behaviors of more than 130 species of pterosaur and also discusses their demise at the end of the Mesozoic. The most comprehensive book on pterosaurs ever published, it features some 200 illustrations, including original paintings by the author, covers every known species and major group of pterosaurs, describes pterosaur anatomy, ecology, behaviors, diversity and more and encourages further study with 500 references to primary pterosaur literature.
  table of contents: Leathery-winged harpies -- Understanding the flying reptiles -- Pterosaur beginnings -- The pterosaur skeleton -- Soft bits -- Flying reptiles -- Down from the skies -- The private lives of pterosaurs -- The diversity of pterosaurs -- Early pterosaurs and Dimorphodontidae -- Anurognathidae -- "Campylognathoidids" -- Rhamphorhynchidae -- Wukongopteridae -- Istiodactylidae -- Ornithocheiridae -- Boreopteridae -- Pteranodontia -- Ctenochasmatoidea -- Dsungaripteroidea -- Lonchodectidae -- Tapejaridae -- Chaoyangopteridae -- Thalassodromidae -- Azhdarchidae -- The rise and fall of the pterosaur empire.
  note: Mark P. Witton.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-282) and index.
  subject:
    topic: Pterosauria
    topic: Evolution
  subject:
    topic: Pterosauria
    topic: Anatomy
  subject:
    topic: SCIENCE
    topic: Paleontology
  subject:
    topic: NATURE
    topic: Animals
    topic: Reptiles & Amphibians
  classification: QE862.P7 W58 2013
  classification: 567.918
  identifier: 9780691150611
  identifier: 0691150613
  identifier: 1400847656
  identifier: 9781400847655
  identifier: 2012042596
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 130129
    record change date: 20230913193404.0
    record identifier: in00004742136