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1 online resource : illustrations (some color), maps (some color). |
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Life of the past
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Life of the past.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Dinosaur Tracks from Brazil is the first full-length study of dinosaurs in Brazil. Some 500 dinosaur trackways from the Cretaceous period still remain in the Rio do Peixe basins of Brazil, making it one of the largest trackways in the world. Veteran paleontologists Giuseppe Leonardi and Ismar de Souza Carvalho painstakingly document and analyze each track found at 37 individual sites and at approximately 96 stratigraphic levels. Richly illustrated and containing a wealth of data, Leonardi and de Souza Carvalho brilliantly reconstruct the taxonomic groups of the dinosaurs from the area and show how they moved across the alluvial fans, meandering rivers, and shallow lakes of ancient Gondwana. Dinosaur Tracks from Brazil is essential reading for paleontologists"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword by James O. Farlow -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- The Town of Sousa -- History of the Paleontological Site -- 2. Methods -- 3. Geological Context of the Footprints -- The Atlantic Proto-Ocean and the Origin of the Rio do Peixe Basins -- Paleoclimate -- Petrological Aspects of the Sandstones of the Rio do Peixe Basins -- The Sousa Basin -- Paleontology and Age of Deposits -- Invertebrate Fossils -- Paleobotany -- Palynomorphs -- Vertebrate Fossils -- The Dinosaurian Ichnofauna of Sousa Basin and Its Stratigraphic Context -- The Uiraúna-Brejo das Freiras (Triunfo) Basin -- Paleontology and Age of the Deposits -- The Dinosaurian Ichnofauna of Triunfo Basin and Its Stratigraphic Context -- Taphonomy and Environmental Setting of the Footprints -- The Megatracksite of the Rio do Peixe Basins -- Alluvial Fan-Braided Fluvial System -- Meandering Fluvial Floodplain-Lacustrine Environments -- Tracks and Substrate -- Preservation of Dinosaur Tracks Induced by Microbial Mats -- Ecological Aspects of the Cretaceous Lakes -- Mineral Resources and the Oil of the Sousa Basin -- 4. The Ichnofaunas of the Rio do Peixe Basins and Their Trackmakers -- Sousa Formation -- Abreu (SOAB) -- Araçá de Cima (ANAC) -- Barragem do Domício (ANBD) -- Engenho Novo (ANEN) -- Juazeirinho (ANJU) -- Baixio do Padre (SOBP) -- Matadouro (SOMA) -- Pedregulho (SOPE) -- Piau-Caiçara (SOCA) -- Theropod Tracks -- Tracks of Small-Size Theropods with Long and Sinuous III Digit -- Tracks of Large Theropods -- Footprints of Half-Swimming Theropods -- Sauropod Tracks -- Ornithopod Tracks -- Other Ornithopods -- Tracks Attributable to Ornithopods or to Large Theropods -- Crocodiloid Footprints -- Turtle Footprints -- The Associations and Behavior of the Dinosaurs at Piau-Caiçara -- Piedade (SOPI). |
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Riverbed of Rio do Peixe between Passagem das Pedras and Poço do Motor -- Poço do Motor (SOPM -- Passagem das Pedras (SOPP -- Morphological Description and Discussion -- The Behavior of the SOPM-SOPP Ichnofauna as a Whole -- Piau II (SOPU) -- Poço da Volta (ANPV -- Sitio Saguim (SOSA) -- Tapera (APTA) -- Várzea dos Ramos (APVR I -- formerly SOVR -- Várzea dos Ramos II (APVR II) -- Várzea dos Ramos III (APVR III) -- Zoador (ANZO) -- Summary of the Sousa Formation Ichnofauna -- Antenor Navarro Formation -- Arapuã (UIAR) -- Aroeira (ANAR) -- Baleia (UIBA) -- Grotão (POGR) -- Pocinho (UIPO) -- Riacho do Cazé (SORC) -- Riachão do Oliveira (SORO) -- Serrote do Letreiro (SOSL) -- Serrote do Pimenta (or Serrote Verde or Estreito Farm) (SOES) -- Floresta dos Borba (SOFB) -- Summary of the Antenor Navarro Formation Ichnofauna -- Rio Piranha Formation -- Cabra Assada (ANCA) -- Curral Velho (SOCV) -- Lagoa do Forno I (SOLF I) -- Lagoa do Forno II (SOLF II) -- Mãe d'Água (SOMD) -- Paraíso Farm (SOFP) -- Summary of the Rio Piranhas Formation Ichnofauna -- 5. Data Tables and Statistics -- The Data Tables -- The Ichnofauna -- Parameters of the Trackways -- Parameters of the Footprints -- Statistical Study -- Sequence Graphs -- Commentary on the Histograms of Figure 5.3 -- Commentary on the Histograms of Figure 5.4 -- Commentary on the Histograms of Figure 5.5 -- Bivariate Relationships -- Conclusions of the Statistical Analysis -- 6. The Trackmakers of the Ichnofaunas of the Rio do Peixe Basins -- Theropods -- Large Theropods -- Small Theropods, Some with a Long Digit III -- Sauropods -- South American Sauropods: Neocomian -- South American Sauropods: Aptian-Albian -- South American Sauropods: Cenomanian -- Ankylosauria -- Ornithopoda -- Crocodyliformes -- Chelonia -- 7. Behavior of the Rio do Peixe Basins Dinosaurs -- Speeds -- Gaits -- Bearings -- Stance. |
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Social Behavior -- Migrations -- 8. The Dinosaur Community -- Dinosaurs and Mesofauna -- Plant Eaters and Meat Eaters -- Saurischia versus Ornithischia -- Juveniles and Adults -- Males and Females -- Plant Eater and Predator Interaction -- 9. Invertebrate Trails and Traces -- Antenor Navarro Formation -- Sousa Formation -- Paleoecological Interpretation of the Invertebrate Ichnofossils -- 10. Localities Visited without Vertebrate Ichnological Results -- The Municipality of Sousa -- The Municipality of São João do Rio do Peixe -- The Municipality of Aparecida -- The Municipality of Uiraúna -- The Municipality of Pombal -- 11. Protections Acts -- 12. Farewell -- References -- Appendix A. Glossary of Brazilian Geographical Names and Terms (Paraíba -- Appendix B. Dates of the Discovery of the Tracksites and Their Discoverers -- Appendix C Codes and Localities -- Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Dinosaurs -- Brazil.
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Dinosaur tracks -- Brazil.
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SCIENCE / Paleontology |
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Dinosaur tracks |
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Dinosaurs |
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Brazil |
| Added Author |
Carvalho, Ismar de Souza, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Leonardi, Giuseppe. Dinosaur tracks from Brazil Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021] 9780253057228 (DLC) 2021008044 |
| ISBN |
9780253057242 electronic book |
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0253057248 electronic book |
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9780253057235 (electronic bk.) |
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025305723X (electronic bk.) |
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9780253057228 hardcover |
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