The Princeton field guide to Mesozoic sea reptiles

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서명/저자사항	The Princeton field guide to Mesozoic sea reptiles / Gregory S. Paul.
개인저자	Paul, Gregory S., author.
발행사항	Princeton: Princeton University Press, [2022]
형태사항	208 p. : Illustrations ; 29 cm.
총서사항	Princeton field guides
ISBN	9780691193809 0691193800 9780691241456
서지주기	Includes index.
내용주기	History of discovery and research -- What Is a Mesozoic sea reptile? -- Dating sea reptiles -- The evolution of sea reptiles and their Mesozoic world -- Extinction -- After the age of sea reptiles -- Biology. General anatomy ; Swimming ; On the beach ; The salt problem ; Respiration and circulation ; Feeding apparatus and digestive tract ; Sea reptiles as food ; Senses ; Vocalization ; Diseases, pathologies, and injuries -- Behavior. Brains, nerves, and intelligence ; Social activities ; Reproduction -- Growth and aging -- Energetics -- Gigantism -- Mesozoic marine expedition -- If ancient sea reptiles survived -- Mesozoic marine reptile conservation, keeping, and consumption -- Where fossil sea reptiles are found -- Using the group and species descriptions -- Group and species accounts. Diapsids ; Neodiapsids -- Index. Mesozoic sea reptiles taxa ; Formations.
요약	"This group of animals comprises a complex of disparate groups including the dolphin/shark-like ichthyosaurs, manatee-like placodonts, long- and short-necked plesiosaurs, the mososaur lizards, marine turtles, and crocodilians. Sea reptile paleontology is a very active field in terms of new discoveries and research, so the guide is highly topical. For example, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the long-standing assumption that prehistoric oceanic reptiles had low metabolic rates, like reptiles, is incorrect. Instead, it is now thought that many of these beasts were endothermic, and that this evolutionary adaptation was far more widespread than formerly realized. Preserved soft tissues are showing that most mososaurs were not snake-like undulating swimmers but were compact-bodied, deep tailed and swift swimmers (as shown by the attached skeletals that show the development of tail fins over time). Studies of bone microstructure are revealing how some sea reptiles dove deep enough to be victims of the bends. Gigantic forms as big as whales have been uncovered. There are about 350 named sea reptile species. About 250 will be accurately illustrated"--
해제	Provided by publisher.
일반주제명	Marine reptiles, Fossil --Identification. Paleontology --Mesozoic. SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology. Marine reptiles, Fossil. Mesozoic Geologic Period. Paleontology.
분류기호(DDC)	567.937
언어	영어