Beschreibung
Inhaltsangabe1 Dinosaur fossils.- Body fossils.- Trace fossils.- The distinction between trace fossils and body fossils.- Trace fossils and dinosaur biology.- 2. The preservation of dinosaur tracks.- Simplified model.- Factors affecting preservation.- Unusual types of preservation.- Destructive factors.- Geological significance of footprint preservation.- 3. The search for dinosaur tracks.- Early discoveries.- Later discoveries.- 4. Dinosaur tracks in the field and laboratory.- Finding dinosaur tracks.- Site documentation.- Excavation and development.- Artificial casts, moulds and replicas.- Describing dinosaur tracks.- Illustrating dinosaur tracks.- Interpreting dinosaur tracks.- 5. Identifying the track-maker.- Sources of evidence.- Number and arrangement of footprints.- Footprint morphology.- Variation in footprint morphology.- Stratigraphic and geographic location of footprints.- Associated fossils.- 6. Principal types of dinosaur tracks.- Carnosaurs.- Coelurosaurs.- Ornithomimids.- Sauropods.- Prosauropods.- Small ornithopods.- Iguanodonts.- Hadrosaurs.- Stegosaurs.- Ankylosaurs.- Ceratopsians.- 7. Problematical and anomalous tracks.- Thecodontian or dinosaur?.- Ornithopod or theropod?.- Theropod or bird?.- Anomalies and pitfalls.- 8. Estimating the size of a track-maker.- Size of footprints and trackways.- The size of dinosaurs.- Definition and calculation of height at hip (h).- 9. Gaits of dinosaurs.- Criteria for defining and describing gaits.- Gaits of bipedal dinosaurs.- Gaits of quadrupedal dinosaurs.- Gaits of semibipedal dinosaurs.- 10. Speeds of dinosaurs.- Relative speeds.- Absolute speeds.- Alexander's method.- Demathieu's methods.- Maximum speeds.- 11. Assemblages of dinosaur tracks.- Randomly oriented trackways.- Trackway assemblages with preferred orientation.- Structure of dinosaur communities.- Structure of dinosaur populations.- References.
Autorenporträt
Inhaltsangabe1 Dinosaur fossils.- Body fossils.- Trace fossils.- The distinction between trace fossils and body fossils.- Trace fossils and dinosaur biology.- 2. The preservation of dinosaur tracks.- Simplified model.- Factors affecting preservation.- Unusual types of preservation.- Destructive factors.- Geological significance of footprint preservation.- 3. The search for dinosaur tracks.- Early discoveries.- Later discoveries.- 4. Dinosaur tracks in the field and laboratory.- Finding dinosaur tracks.- Site documentation.- Excavation and development.- Artificial casts, moulds and replicas.- Describing dinosaur tracks.- Illustrating dinosaur tracks.- Interpreting dinosaur tracks.- 5. Identifying the track-maker.- Sources of evidence.- Number and arrangement of footprints.- Footprint morphology.- Variation in footprint morphology.- Stratigraphic and geographic location of footprints.- Associated fossils.- 6. Principal types of dinosaur tracks.- Carnosaurs.- Coelurosaurs.- Ornithomimids.- Sauropods.- Prosauropods.- Small ornithopods.- Iguanodonts.- Hadrosaurs.- Stegosaurs.- Ankylosaurs.- Ceratopsians.- 7. Problematical and anomalous tracks.- Thecodontian or dinosaur?.- Ornithopod or theropod?.- Theropod or bird?.- Anomalies and pitfalls.- 8. Estimating the size of a track-maker.- Size of footprints and trackways.- The size of dinosaurs.- Definition and calculation of height at hip (h).- 9. Gaits of dinosaurs.- Criteria for defining and describing gaits.- Gaits of bipedal dinosaurs.- Gaits of quadrupedal dinosaurs.- Gaits of semibipedal dinosaurs.- 10. Speeds of dinosaurs.- Relative speeds.- Absolute speeds.- Alexander's method.- Demathieu's methods.- Maximum speeds.- 11. Assemblages of dinosaur tracks.- Randomly oriented trackways.- Trackway assemblages with preferred orientation.- Structure of dinosaur communities.- Structure of dinosaur populations.- References.
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