{"product_id":"dinosaur-tracks-9780253021021","title":"Dinosaur Tracks","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis indispensable volume unequivocally demonstrates that ichnology has an important contribution to make toward a better understanding of dinosaur paleobiology.\u003c\/p\u003e * BirdBooker Report *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[This] book is very well produced and is in color throughout with numerous figures and artwork, and the reproduction of the images is generally excellent. In a field so dominated by interpretation of complex and subtle forms this is an important aspect of the volume and adds significantly to its appeal. This book is an excellent compendium and a timely piece on a rapidly expanding and changing area of research.\u003c\/p\u003e * Quarterly Review of Biology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDinosaur Tracks\u003c\/em\u003e is a benchmark and a must-have for all researchers working on dinosaur tracks and on dinosaurs in general.\u003c\/p\u003e * Swiss Journal of Palaeontology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAny scientist that considers the study of dinosaur (or other tetrapod) tracks should buy \u003ci\u003eDinosaur Tracks\u003c\/i\u003e. For any person, scientifically informed illustrations presented in the book, will give a long-standing positive impression and thus show a value of dinosaur ichnology.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Andrej Spiridonov * Priscum, The Newsletter of the Palentological Society *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \/ Peter L. Falkingham, Daniel Marty, and Annette Richter\u003cbr\u003ePart I. Approaches and Techniques for Studying Dinosaur Tracks\u003cbr\u003e1. Experimental and Comparative Ichnology \/ Jesper Milàn and Peter L. Falkingham\u003cbr\u003e2. Close-Range Photogrammetry for 3D Ichnology: The Basics of Photogrammetric Ichnology \/ Neffra Matthews, Tommy Noble, and Brent Breithaupt\u003cbr\u003e3. The Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Trackways in Münchehagen (Lower Saxony, Germany): 3D Photogrammetry as Basis for Geometric Morphometric Analysis of Shape Variation and Evaluation of Material Loss during Excavation \/ Oliver Wings, Jens N. Lallensack, and Heinrich Mallison\u003cbr\u003e4. Applying Objective Methods to Subjective Track Outlines \/ Peter L. Falkingham\u003cbr\u003e5. Beyond Surfaces: A Particle-Based Perspective on Track Formation \/ Stephen M. Gatesy and Richard G. Ellis\u003cbr\u003e6. A Numerical Scale for Quantifying the Quality of Preservation of Vertebrate Tracks \/ Matteo Belvedere and James O. Farlow\u003cbr\u003e7. Evaluating the Dinosaur Track Record: An Integrative Approach to Understanding the Regional and Global Distribution, Scientific Importance, Preservation and Management of Tracksites \/ Luis Alcalá, Martin G. Lockley, Alberto Cobos, Luis Mampel, and Rafael Royo-Torres\u003cbr\u003ePart II. Palaeobiology and Evolution from Tracks\u003cbr\u003e8. Iberian Sauropod Tracks through Time: Variations in Sauropod Manus and Pes Morphologies \/ Diego Castanera, Vanda F. Santos, Laura Piñuela, Carlos Pascual, Bernat Vila, José I. Canudo, and José Joaquin Moratalla\u003cbr\u003e9. The Flexion of Sauropod Pedal Unguals and Testing the Substrate Grip Hypothesis Using the Trackway Fossil Record \/ Lee E. Hall, Ashley E. Fragomeni, and Denver W. Fowler\u003cbr\u003e10. Dinosaur Swim Track Assemblages: Characteristics, Contexts, and Ichnofacies Implications \/ Andrew R. C. Milner, and Martin G. Lockley\u003cbr\u003e11. Two-Toed Tracks through Time: On the Trail of \"Raptors\" and their Allies \/ Martin G. Lockley, Jerry D. Harris, Rihui Li, Lida Xing, and Torsten van der Lubbe\u003cbr\u003e12. Diversity, Ontogeny, or Both? A Morphometric Approach to Iguanodontian Ornithopod (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) Track Assemblages from the Berriasian (Lower Cretaceous) of North Western Germany \/ Jahn J. Hornung, Annina Böhme, Nils Schlüter, and Mike Reich\u003cbr\u003e13. Uncertainty and Ambiguity in the Interpretation of Sauropod Trackways \/ Kent A. Stevens, Scott Ernst, and Daniel Marty\u003cbr\u003e14. Dinosaur Tracks as \"Four-Dimensional Phenomena\" Reveal How Different Species Moved \/ Alberto Cobos, Francisco Gascó, Rafael Royo-Torres, Martin G. Lockley, and Luis Alcalá\u003cbr\u003ePart III. Ichnotaxonomy and Trackmaker Identification\u003cbr\u003e15. Analysing and Resolving Cretaceous Avian Ichnotaxonomy Using Multivariate Statistical Analyses: Approaches and Results \/ Lisa G. Buckley, Richard T. McCrea, and Martin G. Lockley\u003cbr\u003e16. Elusive Ornithischian Tracks in the Famous Berriasian (Lower Cretaceous) \"Chicken Yard\" Tracksite of Northern Germany: Quantitative Differentiation between Small Tridactyl Trackmakers \/ Tom Hübner\u003cbr\u003ePart IV. Depositional Environments and their Influence on the Track Record\u003cbr\u003e17. Too Many Tracks: Preliminary Description and Interpretation of the Diverse and Heavily Dinoturbated Early Cretaceous \"Chicken Yard\" Ichnoassemblage (Obernkirchen Tracksite, Northern Germany) \/ Annette Richter and Annina Böhme\u003cbr\u003e18. Dinosaur Tracks in Eolian Strata: New Insights into Track Formation, Walking Kinetics, and Trackmaker Behaviour \/ David B. Loope, and Jesper Milàn\u003cbr\u003e19. Analysis of Desiccation Crack Patterns for Quantitative Interpretation of Fossil Tracks \/ Tom Schanz, Maria Datcheva, Hanna Haase, and Daniel Marty\u003cbr\u003e20. A Review of the Dinosaur Track Record from Jurassic and Cretaceous Shallow Marine Carbonate Depositional Environments \/ Simone D'Orazi Porchetti, Massimo Bernardi, Andrea Cinquegranelli, Vanda Faria dos Santos, Daniel Marty, Fabio Massimo Petti, Paulo Sá Caetano, and Alexander Wagensommer\u003cbr\u003eDinosaur Track Terminology: A Glossary of Terms\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400554094935,"sku":"9780253021021","price":30.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253021021.jpg?v=1730470970","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dinosaur-tracks-9780253021021","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}