Description
Written for the general reader, this book is both a colorful introduction to the history and study of dinosaurs and an eye-opening survey of dinosaur discoveries in Spain. At the time of the dinosaurs, Iberia was in the process of becoming a peninsula of Continental Europe and looked very different than it does today. Now an area only slightly larger than Vermont and New Hampshire, Eastern Iberia contains one of the richest fossil records of Mesozoic vertebrates in Europe. This record spans an 80-million-year period that includes key moments in Earth's history, such as the extinction events at the Jurassic-Cretaceous and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundaries. Dinosaurs of Eastern Iberia tells the story of Iberia's tumultuous geological history and presents a detailed synthesis of the region's dinosaur discoveries, with fact sheets and reconstructions of each species found there. This volume also describes the flora and fauna that made up the ancient ecosystems and explores the paleobiogeography of this dynamic region.
Author: Àngel Galobart
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 10/17/2011
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.11lbs
Size: 8.69h x 9.58w x 1.33d
ISBN13: 9780253356222
ISBN10: 0253356229
BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Animals | Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures
- Science | Paleontology
- Science | Life Sciences | Evolution
About the Author
Àngel Galobart is the director of the research group on Mesozoic Fauna at the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont.
Maite Suñer is Lecturer in Biological Sciences at the University of Valencia.
Begoña Poza is a paleontologist at Consorci Ruta Minera.