Dicynodonts: A Study in Palaeobiology

ISBN-13: 9780412330803 / Angielski / Twarda / 1989 / 234 str.

Gillian King; G. M. King

Opis

The dicynodonts, an important group of permo-triassic reptiles, were the first really successful herbivorous tetrapods. Moreover they provided the bulk of the prey species for the ecosystem in which the mammals evolved, which makes them interesting in a wider context.

Recenzje

...a clear, well organised synoptic review with the minimum of unnecessary information...I only wish most fossil groups were so well reviewed. New Scientist; The book is a lesson to us all an shows that when faced with the inestimable caprice of geological time, it pays to adopt a sense of proportion. Nature