Synopsis "Dinosaurs & Other Animals of the Jurassic"
The third in a series of five books, this book tells the history of life in the middle of the Mesozoic Era during the Jurassic Period, which was 201 and 145 million years ago. In this period, dinosaurs walked the Earth, the seas were populated by ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and marine crocodiles, and the skies were filled with pterosaurs and the first primitive birds. In this beautiful full-color illustrated book, you will learn about: And much moreThe paleogeography of the Jurassic- how the continents were positioned and movedThe climate of the JurassicThe flora of the JurassicMarine life of the Triassic including plankton, marine invertebrates, fish and marine reptiles such ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and thalattosuchiansTerrestrial life of the Triassic including insects, spiders, lungfish, amphibians, turtles, lepidosaurs, therapsids (mammals and mammal-like reptiles), pterosaurs, crocodilans, dinosaurs and birdsAnd much moreTable of Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Before the Jurassic PeriodThe Formation of the Solar System and the EarthThe Hadean EonThe Archaean EonThe Proterozoic EonThe Phanerozoic Eon- The Paleozoic Era- The End of the Paleozoic Era- The Mesozoic Era - The Triassic Period Chapter 2: Introducing the Jurassic PeriodSubdivisions (Epochs) of the Jurassic Period- Early Jurassic Epoch- Middle Jurassic Epoch- Late Jurassic Epoch Chapter 3: Paleogeography of the Jurassic Period Chapter 4: Climate of the Jurassic Period Chapter 5: Flora of the Jurassic Period Chapter 6: Marine Fauna of the Jurassic PeriodPlanktonMarine InvertebratesFishSauropterygians, Plesiosaurs and PliosaursTurtlesIchthyosaursThalattosuchiansPleurosaurids Chapter 7: Terrestrial and Freshwater Fauna of the Jurassic PeriodInsectsSpidersLungfishAmphibiansTurtlesLepidosauromorpha- Pantestudines- Kuehneosauridae- Rhynchocephalia- SquamataTherapsids and MammalsArchosaurs- Pterosaurs- Crocodylomorpha- Dinosaurs and Birds Chapter 8: Dinosaurs and Birds of the Jurassic PeriodSaurischia and OrnithischiaTheropods- Coelophysids- Dilophosaurids- Cryolophosaurus- Ceratosaurids- Abelisaurids- Noasaurids- Megalosaurids- Spinosaurids- Piatnitzkysaurids- Gasosaurus and Kaijiangosaurus- Monolophosaurus- Allosaurids- Metriacanthosaurids- Carcharodontosaurids- Coelurids- Compsognathids- Tyrannosauroidea- Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptorans and Birds- Archaeoteryx and the Origin of Birds- OrnitholestesSauropodomorpha and Sauropods- Basal Sauropodomorphs (Anchisaurs and Massospondylids)- Basal Sauropods (Vulcanodontids)- Shunosaurus- Diplodocids- Dicraeosaurids- Rebbachisaurids- Haplocanthosaurus- Brachiosaurids- Camarasaurids- Cetiosaurids- MamenchisauridsOrnithischians- Basal Ornithischians (including Heterodontosaurids)- Lesothosaurus- Basal Thyreophora- Stegosauria- Ankylosauria- Basal Neornithischia- Ornithopoda- Ceratopsia- Pachycephalosauria Chapter 9: Extinction Events of the Jurassic PeriodTriassic Jurassic Extinction EventThe Pliensbachian Toarcian Extinction EventThe End Jurassic Extinction Event Chapter 10: After the JurassicThe Cretaceous PeriodThe Cenozoic Era
