David A. Eberth, Michael J. Benton, David C. Evans, Andrey Atuchin, Karl T. Bates

Hadrosaurs

Herausgeber: Eberth, David A.; Evans, David C.

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Produktbeschreibung

David A. Eberth is a senior research scientist at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. David C. Evans is a Curator in Vertebrate Paleontology at the Royal Ontario Museum and an Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto.

Produktdetails

• Indiana University Press
• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 288mm x 226mm x 55mm
• Gewicht: 2277g
• ISBN-13: 9780253013859
• ISBN-10: 0253013852
• Artikelnr.: 39558233

Autorenporträt

David A. Eberth is a senior research scientist at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. David C. Evans is a Curator in Vertebrate Paleontology at the Royal Ontario Museum and an Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I-Overview
1. A history of the study of ornithopods. Where have we been? Where are we
now? and Where are we going?
Part II-New Insights into Hadrosaur Origins
2. Basal Neoiguanodontians from the Wealden of England: Do they contribute
to the discussion concerning hadrosaur origins?
3. Osteology of the basal hadrosauroid Equijubus normani from the Early
Cretaceous of China
4. A new basal hadrosaurid dinosaur, *** (Lü, 1997) comb. nov., from the
Early Cretaceous of Gansu Province, China
5. Postcranial anatomy of a basal hadrosauroid from the Cretaceous Woodbine
Formation of Texas
6. A re-evaluation of purported hadrosaurid dinosaur specimens from the
'middle' Cretaceous of England
7. A new hadrosauroid * * * from the Late Cretaceous Djadokhtan fauna of
Mongolia
8. Hadrosauroid material from the Santonian Milk River Formation of
Alberta, Canada
Part III-Hadrosaurid Anatomy and Variation
9. New hadrosaurid specimens from the lower-middle Campanian Wahweap
Formation of Utah
10. New saurolophine material from the upper Campanian-lower Maastrichtian
Wapiti Formation, Alberta
11. Variation in the skull roof of the hadrosaur Gryposaurus illustrated by
a new specimen from the Kaiparowits Formation of Utah
12. A skull of Prosaurolophus maximus from southeastern Alberta and the
spatiotemporal distribution of faunal zones in the Dinosaur Park Formation
13. Postcranial anatomy of Edmontosaurus regalis from the Horseshoe Canyon
Formation, Alberta
14. Cranial morphology and variation in Hypacrosaurus stebingeri
Part IV-Biogeography and Biostratigraphy
15. An overview of the latest Cretaceous hadrosauroid record in Europe.
16. The hadrosauroid record in the Maastrichtian of the eastern Tremp
Syncline (northern Spain)
17. Hadrosaurs from the Far East: historical perspective and new
Amurosaurus material from Blagoveschensk (Amur region, Russia)
18. South American hadrosaurs: considerations on their diversity
19. The hadrosaurian record from Mexico
20. Stratigraphic distribution of hadrosaurids in the Upper Cretaceous
Fruitland, Kirtland and Ojo Alamo formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico
21. Relocating the lost Gryposaurus incurvimanus holotype quarry, Dinosaur
Provincial Park
Part V-Function and Growth
22. Comparative ontogenies (appendicular skeleton) for three hadrosaurids
and a basal iguanodontian: divergent developmental pathways in
Hadrosaurinae and Lambeosaurinae 23. The size-frequency distribution of
hadrosaurs from the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta
24. Osteohistology and occlusal morphology of Hypacrosaurus stebingeri
teeth throughout ontogeny with comments on wear-induced form and function
25. Three-dimensional computational modeling of pelvic locomotor muscle
moment arms in Edmontosaurus and comparisons with other archosaurs
26. Duckbills on the run, the cursorial abilities of hadrosaurs and
implications for tyrannosaur-avoidance strategies
27. Duck soup: the floating fates of hadrosaurs and ceratopsians at
Dinosaur Provincial Park
28. Hadrosauroid jaw mechanics and the functional significance of the
predentary bone
Part VI-Preservation, Tracks, and Traces
29. Debris flow origin of an unusual Late Cretaceous hadrosaur bonebed in
the Two Medicine Formation of Montana
30. Occurrence and taphonomy of the first documented hadrosaurid bonebed
from the Dinosaur Park Formation at Dinosaur Provincial Park
31. Body size distribution in a death assemblage of a colossal hadrosaurid
from the Upper Cretaceous of Zhucheng, Shandong Province, China
32. First hadrosaur trackway from the Upper Cretaceous Oldman Formation,
Alberta
33. Paleopathology in Late Cretaceous Hadrosauridae from Alberta
34. A review of hadrosaurid skin impressions
35. Soft-tissue structures of the nasal vestibular region of saurolophine
hadrosaurids revealed in a 'mummified' specimen of Edmontosaurus annectens
36. The role and biochemistry of melanin pigment in the exceptional
preservation of hadrosaur skin
Afterword
Index