Lomax / Nicholls Locked in Time

Animal Behavior Unearthed in 50 Extraordinary Fossils
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-231-55208-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

From dinosaurs fighting to their deaths to elephant-sized burrowing ground sloths, this book takes readers on a global journey deep into the earth’s past. Locked in Time showcases fifty of the most astonishing fossils ever found, brought together in five chapters that offer an unprecedented glimpse at the behavior of prehistoric animals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lomax, Dean R.

Nicholls, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierethologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläontologie, Taphonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Unlocking the Prehistoric World
1. Sex
2. Parental Care and Communities
3. Moving and Making Homes
4. Fighting, Biting, and Feeding
5. Unusual Happenings
Acknowledgments
Further Reading
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dean R. Lomax is an internationally recognized paleontologist, author, television presenter, and science communicator. He is currently a visiting scientist at the University of Manchester and is a leading authority on ichthyosaurs. His books include Dinosaurs of the British Isles (2014) and Prehistoric Pets (2020).

Bob Nicholls is a world-renowned natural history artist who specializes in the reconstruction of prehistoric animals, plants, and environments. His illustrations and models have been published in more than forty books and exhibited in over forty museums, universities, and visitor attractions around the world.