Автор: Сазонова И.Г.
Издательство: Недра
Год издания: 1977
Количество страниц: 128
Язык: русский
Формат: PDF (scan)
Книга рассчитана на палеонтологов и геологов, занимающихся изучением мезозойских отложений и закономерностями изменения литологичсского состава в зависимости от тектонических движений.
Автор: Свистун В.И.
Издательство: Наукова думка
Год издания: 1974
Количество страниц: 70
Язык: русский
Формат: PDF (scan)
В работе приведены местонахождения остатков динотериев на территории Украины и карта с указанием находок этих животных, результаты морфологической обработки черепа, нижней челюсти, шейного отдела позвоночника и передней конечности динотерия. Впервые подробно описан целый череп и дан морфофункциональный анализ грудной конечности представителя данного подотряда хоботных; указаны специфичные для данной группы признаки, а также приведен анализ тафономических особенностей и геологии местонахождения. Составлен геологический разрез в месте находки, определена сопутствующая фауна морских беспозвоночных. Рассчитана на зоологов, палеонтологов, геологов и географов.
Автор: Иванов А.О., Черепанов Г.О.
Издательство: Санкт-Петербургского ун-та
Год издания: 2004
isbn: 5-288-02862-1
Количество страниц: 228
Язык: русский
Формат: DJVU
В учебном пособии приведены современные данные об ископаемых низших позвоночных (бесчелюстных, рыбах и земноводных), их строении и эволюции. Крупные таксономические группы рассмотрены в большинстве случаев до отрядного уровня. Для каждого таксона даны основные сведения о морфологии, составе, времени существования и географическом распространении. Пособие снабжено словарем терминов, геохронологической таблицей, схемой классификации низших позвоночных. Морфологический материал подробно проиллюстрирован. Книга предназначена для студентов биологических и геологических специальностей, а также для всех интересующихся палеонтологией; может быть использована в качестве справочника по палеонтологии позвоночных.
Автор: Richard Ellis
Издательство: University Press of Kansas
Год издания: 2003
isbn: 0700612696
Количество страниц: 327
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs and mosasaurs, oh, my! The prehistoric oceans and shallow seas that covered most of present-day North America and Europe were rife with such now-extinct monsters. They evolved from land reptiles that returned to the water, but they didn't all coexist: the ichthyosaurs, looking a lot like dolphins and most docile of the group, first appeared about 250 million years ago, followed by the plesiosaurs, which looked like swimming velociraptors; pliosaurs, first cousins to the plesiosaurs and able to take on a shark bigger than a great white; and finally the mosasaurs, almost 60 feet in length. Pliosaurs and mosasaurs went extinct at the same time as the last terrestrial dinosaurs, 65 million years ago. Acclaimed illustrator and author Ellis (The Empty Ocean) conducts an exhaustive and generously illustrated survey of what paleontologists know about these monsters of the deep. Many species are known only from a partial skeleton or two, so many questions remain, such as, how did they propel themselves though the water (some scientists guess that plesiosaurs propelled themselves like penguins or dolphins) and what does the gravel found near some fossils mean (perhaps the sea dragons used it for ballast, like modern-day crocodiles, or perhaps they used it in gizzard-like structures, like the chicken). One of the biggest unanswered questions about dinosaurs is what their skin looked like, but Ellis applies his imagination and extensive knowledge of maritime animals skillfully in the grayscale drawings that bring these creatures back to life. Casual dinosaur fans may find the dense detail tough going, but die-hard Jurassic buffs will want this for their collections.
Автор: Gregory S. Paul
Издательство: University Press
Год издания: 2010
isbn: 069113720X
Количество страниц: 320
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
This lavishly illustrated volume is the first authoritative dinosaur book in the style of a field guide. World-renowned dinosaur illustrator and researcher Gregory Paul provides comprehensive visual and textual coverage of the great Mesozoic animals that gave rise to the living dinosaurs, the birds. Incorporating the new discoveries and research that are radically transforming what we know about dinosaurs, this book is distinguished both by its scientific accuracy and the quality and quantity of its illustrations. It presents thorough descriptions of more than 735 dinosaur species and features more than 600 color and black-and-white images, including unique skeletal drawings, "life" studies, and scenic views--illustrations that depict the full range of dinosaurs, from small, feathered creatures to whale-sized supersauropods. Heavily illustrated species accounts of the major dinosaur groups are preceded by an extensive introduction that covers dinosaur history and biology, the extinction of nonavian dinosaurs, the origin of birds, and the history of dinosaur paleontology--and that also gives a taste of what it might be like to travel back to the time of the dinosaurs.
Автор: Frederick E.Grine, John G.Fleagle, Richard E.Leakey
Издательство: Springer
Год издания: 2009
isbn: 1402099797
Количество страниц: 212
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
There are some issues in human paleontology that seem to be timeless. Most deal with the origin and early evolution of our own genus – something about which we should care. Some of these issues pertain to taxonomy and systematics. How many species of Homo were there in the Pliocene and Pleistocene? How do we identify the earliest members the genus Homo? If there is more than one Plio-Pleistocene species, how do they relate to one another, and where and when did they evolve? Other issues relate to questions about body size, proportions and the functional adaptations of the locomotor skeleton. When did the human postcranial “Bauplan” evolve, and for what reasons? What behaviors (and what behavioral limitations) can be inferred from the postcranial bones that have been attributed to Homo habilis and Homo erectus? Still other issues relate to growth, development and life history strategies, and the biological and archeological evidence for diet and behavior in early Homo. It is often argued that dietary change played an important role in the origin and early evolution of our genus, with stone tools opening up scavenging and hunting opportunities that would have added meat protein to the diet of Homo. Still other issues relate to the environmental and climatic context in which this genus evolved.
Автор: Lars Werdelin, William Joseph Sanders
Издательство: University of Cali-nia Press
Год издания: 2010
isbn: 0520257219
Количество страниц: 960
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
This magnificent volume is a clear and comprehensive review of the African mammalian fossil record over the past 65 million years. Cenozoic Mammals of Africa includes current taxonomic and systematic revisions of all African mammal taxa, detailed compilations of fossil site occurrences, and a wealth of information regarding paleobiology, phylogeny, and biogeography. Primates, including hominins, are particularly well covered. The discussion addresses the systematics of endemic African mammals, factors relating to species richness, and a summary of isotopic information. The work also provides contextual information about Cenozoic African tectonics, chrono stratigraphy of sites, paleobotany, and global and regional climate change. Updating our understanding of this important material with the wealth of research from the past three decades, this volume is an essential resource for anyone interested in the evolutionary history of Africa and the diversification of its mammals.
Автор: Ross Piper
Издательство: Greenwood Press
Год издания: 2009
isbn: 0313349878
Количество страниц: 228
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Everyone is familiar with the dodo and the wooly mammoth, but how many people have heard of the scimitar cat and the Falkland Island fox? Extinct Animals portrays over 60 remarkable animals that have been lost forever during the relatively recent geological past. Each entry provides a concise discussion of the history of the animal – how and where it lived, and how it became extinct – as well as the scientific discovery and analysis of the creature. In addition, this work examines what led to extinction, from the role of cyclical swings in the Earth's climate to the spread of humans and their activities. Many scientists believe that we are in the middle of a mass extinction right now, caused by the human undermining of the earth's complex systems that support life. Understanding what caused the extinction of animals in the past may help us understand and prevent the extinction of species in the future.
Автор: R. T. J. Moody, E. Buffetaut
Издательство: Geological Society
Год издания: 2010
isbn: 1862393117
Количество страниц: 352
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
The discovery of dinosaurs and other large extinct saurians - a term under which the Victorians commonly lumped ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs and their kin - makes exciting reading and has caught the attention of palaeontologists, historians of science and the general public alike. The papers in this collection go beyond the familiar tales about famous fossil hunters and focus on relatively little-known episodes in the discovery and interpretation (from both a scientific and an artistic point of view) of dinosaurs and other inhabitants of the Mesozoic world. They cover a long time span, from the beginnings of modern scientific palaeontology in the 1700s to the present, and deal with many parts of the world, from the Yorkshire coast to Central India, from Bavaria to the Sahara. The characters in these stories include professional palaeontologists and geologists (some of them well-known, others quite obscure), explorers, amateur fossil collectors, and artists, linked together by their interest in Mesozoic creatures.
Автор: А.Ю. Журавлёв
Издательство: Вече
Год издания: 2006
isbn: 5-9533-1258-Х
Количество страниц: 352
Язык: русский
Формат: CHM
Автор книги пытается изложить понятным языком достижения современной палеонтологии — науки, изучающей историю жизни на Земле. Нынешняя палеонтология требует прочных знаний законов физики и химии, умения считать (и не только на пальцах), глубокого понимания методов статистики, не говоря уже о разделах современной биологии. Эта наука смело вмешивается в дела планетарной физики и движения материков, загоняет в тупик своими открытиями биологов. Она способна не только рассказать о том, как выглядела Земля в отдаленном прошлом, но и о том, что произойдет с нашей планетой в будущем. Под одной обложкой собраны наиболее интересные сведения о тех, кто населял нашу планету в течение почти четырех миллиардов лет.
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