Informationen zum Autor Hans-Dieter Sues is Senior Scientist and Curator in the Department of Paleobiology at the National Museum of Natural History! Smithsonian Institution! and co-editor! with Nicholas C. Fraser! of In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods.Nicholas C. Fraser is Keeper of Natural Sciences at National Museums Scotland and an adjunct faculty member of the Department of Geosciences at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Klappentext The Triassic period is generally viewed as the beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs. For paleontologists! however! it also marks the rise of the world's first modern land ecosystems.Over the past three decades! extensive! worldwide fieldwork has led to the discovery of many new species of Triassic animals and plants! suggesting that faunal and floral changes already began in the Middle Triassic and were more protracted than previously thought. The Late Triassic is a pivotal time in the evolution of life on land! with many of the major groups of present-day vertebrates and insects first appearing in the fossil record. This book provides the first detailed overview of life on land during the Triassic period for advanced students and researchers. Noted vertebrate paleontologists Hans-Dieter Sues and Nicholas C. Fraser also review the biotic changes of this period and their possible causes. Zusammenfassung This book provides the first detailed overview of life on land during the Triassic period for advanced students and researchers

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Hans-Dieter Sues is associate director of research and collections at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, and coeditor, with Nicholas C. Fraser, of In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods. He is a fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Royal Society of Canada.Nicholas C. Fraser is keeper of natural sciences at National Museums Scotland.

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The Triassic period is generally viewed as the beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs. For paleontologists, however, it also marks the rise of the world's first modern land ecosystems.Over the past three decades, extensive, worldwide fieldwork has led to the discovery of many new species of Triassic animals and plants, suggesting that faunal and floral changes already began in the Middle Triassic and were more protracted than previously thought. The Late Triassic is a pivotal time in the evolution of life on land, with many of the major groups of present-day vertebrates and insects first appearing in the fossil record. This book provides the first detailed overview of life on land during the Triassic period for advanced students and researchers. Noted vertebrate paleontologists Hans-Dieter Sues and Nicholas C. Fraser also review the biotic changes of this period and their possible causes.

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This book provides the first detailed overview of life on land during the Triassic period for advanced students and researchers