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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewProfusely illustrated and meticulously researched, Noah's Ravens quantitatively explores a variety of approaches to interpreting the tracks, carefully examining within-species and across-species variability in foot and footprint shape in nonavian dinosaurs and their close living relatives.
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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
1. Introduction: Noah's Ravens
2. Intraspecific and Interspecific Variability in Pedal Phalangeal and Digital Dimensions and Proportions in Non-Avian Dinosaurs, Birds, and Crocodylians
3. Pedal Shape and Phylogenetic Relationships
4. Toe Tapering Profiles in Non-Avian Dinosaurs and Ground Birds
5. Ontogenetic and Across-Species Trends in Hindfoot and Hindlimb Proportions
6. Intraspecific Variability in Pedal Size and Shape in Alligator mississippiensis
7. Footprints of the Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) and Other Ground Birds
8. Summing Up the Comparative Analyses
9. Noah's Ravens: Interpreting the Makers of Tridactyl Dinosaur Footprints of the Newark Supergroup, Early Jurassic, Eastern North America
10. Final Thoughts
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