Format:
xx, 426 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Edition:
Second edition
ISBN:
9780253026323
Series Statement:
Life of the Past
Content:
Introduction : an ocean in Kansas? -- Our discovery of the western interior sea -- Invertebrates, plants, and trace fossils -- Sharks : sharp teeth and shell crushers -- Fishes, large and small -- Turtles : leatherback giants -- Where the elasmosaurs roamed -- Pliosaurs and polycotylids -- Enter the mosasaurs -- Pteranodons : rulers of the air -- Feathers and teeth -- Dinosaurs? -- The big picture -- Epilogue : where did it go?
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-415) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780253027153
Language:
English
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
Keywords:
Kansas
;
Fossile Meerestiere
;
Fossil
;
Kreide
;
Paläontologie
;
Paläoozeanographie
;
Kansas
;
Central Great Plains
;
Fossile Meerestiere
;
Fossile Echsen
;
Fossil
;
Oberkreide
;
Kansas
;
Fossile Meerestiere
;
Fossil
;
Kreide
;
Paläontologie
;
Paläoozeanographie