Systematics and Morphology of American Mosasaurs

Dale A. Russell

Published by Yale University Press 2020

Systematics and Morphology of American Mosasaurs

Dale A. Russell
Preface by: Jacques A. Gauthier

https://doi.org/10.12987/9781933789453

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A classic work from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History describing the mosasaurs, a group of large predatory marine lizards of the Mesozoic

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Russell Dale A. :

Dale A. Russell is professor emeritus in the Department of Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at North Carolina State University, and was among the first paleontologists to consider an extraterrestrial cause for the extinction of the giant dinosaurs. Jacques A. Gauthier is professor of geology and geophysics at Yale University and curator-in-charge of vertebrate paleontology and curator of vertebrate zoology, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
FOREWORD Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
ABSTRACTS (ENGLISH, RUSSIAN, FRENCH) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	4
HISTORY OF CLASSIFICATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF MOSASAUR SKULL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF CRANIAL SKELETON Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSTCRANIAL SKELETON Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF POSTCRANIAL SKELETON Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
SYSTEMATICS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
STRATIGRAPHIC AND PALEOECOLOCIC CONSIDERATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
EVOLUTIONARY CONSIDERATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
APPENDIX A—MEASUREMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
APPENDIX B—LOCALITIES OF PIERRE MOSASAURS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
LITERATURE CITED Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
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Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages
- Main content: 242
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- Other: 99 b-w illus.

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Published: March 17, 2020
ISBN: 9781933789453