{"product_id":"thunderlizards-the-sauropodomorph-dinosaurs-9780253345424","title":"ThunderLizards  The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe large quadrupedal herbivores known as sauropods roamed the planet from the Jurassic to the end of the Cretaceous. With the longest necks and tails of all of the dinosaurs, some sauropods were 40 meters in length and weighed upwards of 100,000 kilograms. This book presents 21 studies of the sauropods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eI. Sauropods Old and New\u003cbr\u003e1. Postcranial Anatomy of Referred Specimens of the Sauropodomorph Dinosaur Melanorosaurus from the Upper Triassic of South Africa Peter M. Galton, Jacques Van Heerden, and Adam M. Yates\u003cbr\u003e2. The Genus Barosaurus Marsh (Sauropoda, Diplodocidae) John S. McIntosh\u003cbr\u003e3. Reassessment of the Early Cretaceous Sauropod Astrodon johnsoni Leidy 1865 (Titanosauriformes) Kenneth Carpenter and Virginia Tidwell\u003cbr\u003e4. Osteology of Ampelosaurus atacis (Titanosauria) from Southern France Jean Le Loeuff\u003cbr\u003eII. Sauropods Young to Old\u003cbr\u003e5. New Juvenile Sauropod Material from Western Colorado, and the Record of Juvenile Sauropods from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation John R. Foster\u003cbr\u003e6. New Adult Specimens of Camarasaurus lentus Highlight Ontogenetic Variation within the Species Takehito Ikejiri, Virginia Tidwell, and David L. Trexler\u003cbr\u003e7. Age-Related Characteristics Found in a Partial Pelvis of Camarasaurus Virginia Tidwell, Kenneth Stadtman, and Allen Shaw\u003cbr\u003e8. Ontogenetic Variation and Isometric Growth in the Forelimb of the Early Cretaceous Sauropod Venenosaurus Virginia Tidwell and D. Ray Wilhite\u003cbr\u003eIII. Body Parts: Morphology and Biomechanics\u003cbr\u003e9. Neuroanatomy and Dentition of Camarasaurus lentus Sankar Chatterjee and Zhong Zheng\u003cbr\u003e10. Neck Posture, Dentition, and Feeding Strategies in Jurassic Sauropod Dinosaurs Kent A. Stevens and J. Michael Parrish\u003cbr\u003e11. Neck Posture of Sauropods Determined Using Radiological Imaging to Reveal Three-Dimensional Structure of Cervical Vertebrae David S. Berman and Bruce M. Rothschild\u003cbr\u003e12. Evolution of the Hyposphene-Hypanthrum Complex within Sauropoda Sebastián Apesteguía\u003cbr\u003e13. Variation in the Appendicular Skeleton of North American Sauropod Dinosaurs: Taxonomic Implications D. Ray Wilhite\u003cbr\u003e14. First Articulated Manus of Diplodocus carnegii Malcolm W. Bedell Jr. and David L. Trexler\u003cbr\u003e15. Evolution of the Titanosaur Metacarpus Sebastián Apesteguía\u003cbr\u003e16. Pes Anatomy in Sauropod Dinosaurs: Implications for Functional Morphology, Evolution, and Phylogeny Matthew F. Bonnan\u003cbr\u003e17. Sauropod Stress Fractures as Clues to Activity Bruce M. Rothschild and Ralph E. Molnar\u003cbr\u003eIV. Global Record of Sauropods\u003cbr\u003e18. Between Gondwana and Laurasia: Cretaceous Sauropods in an Intraoceanic Carbonate Platform Fabio M. Dalla Vecchia\u003cbr\u003e19. Sauropods of Patagonia: Systematic Update and Notes on Global Sauropod Evolution Leonardo Salgado and Rodolfo A. Coria\u003cbr\u003e20. Observations on Cretaceous Sauropods from Australia Ralph E. Molnar and Steven W. Salisbury\u003cbr\u003e21. Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Nests, Eggs, and Dung Mass (Coprolites) of Sauropods (Titanosaurs) from India D. M. Mohabey\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MH - Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577267687767,"sku":"9780253345424","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253345424.jpg?v=1746094601","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/thunderlizards-the-sauropodomorph-dinosaurs-9780253345424","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}