King of the Crocodylians: The Paleobiology of Deinosuchus (Life of the Past) - Hardcover

Schwimmer, David R.

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ISBN 10: 025334087X ISBN 13: 9780253340870

Verlag: Indiana University Press, 2002

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Book by Schwimmer David R

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Schwimmer offers a study of the paleoautecology of a Cretaceous crocodylian, Deinosuchus. Thoughtfully organized, the book's chapter headings reflect answers to some basic questions: How big was it? How old was it? Where was it found? What did it eat? How many species existed? Astute readers will gain insight into the thinking of a practicing vertebrate paleontologist as the author probes these questions. . . . December 2002 * Choice *

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Toward the end of the Age of Dinosaurs, during a time known as the Late Cretaceous, a new type of giant predator appeared along the southern coasts of North America. It was a huge species of crocodylian called Deinosuchus. Neither a crocodile nor an alligator, it was an ancestor of both modern groups; it reached weights of many tons and it had some features unique to its own species. Average-sized individuals were bigger than the carnivorous dinosaurs with which they co-existed; the largest specimens were the size of a T-rex. King of the Crocodylians, the biography of these giant beasts, tells the long history of their discovery and reports on new research about their makeup. The book also deals with the ancient life and geology of the coastal areas where Deinosuchus thrived, its competitors, and its prey, which probably included carnivorous dinosaurs. There is also detailed discussion of the methods used to determine the size of these giant animals, the dating of the fossils, the nature of their living environments, and how we know who ate whom 80 million years ago.

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• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 025334087X
• ISBN 13: 9780253340870
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 236