Triassic Life on Land: The Great Transition

Hans-Dieter Sues and Nicholas C. Fraser

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April, 2010
Cloth, 224 pages, 115 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-13522-1
$65.00 / £45.00

"A very useful resource." — Smithsonian Magazine

"Accomplished paleobiologists Sues and Fraser have compiled a well-organized, beautifully illustrated volume on the current state of paleobiological investigations into Triassic terrestrial life." — Choice

"In summary, Triassic Life on Land is the best technical reference available on the Triassic period and brings us forward from the days of “thecodonts” and Coelophysis." — William G. Parker, BioScience

"...a concise, global review of current knowledge of terrestrial Triassic biotas..." — Tetrapod Zoology Blog

"an excellent resource, compiling evidence from geology, vertebrate and invertebrate paleontology, and paleobotany, and builds a comprehensive image of the Triassic Period and its significance as a time of transformation in terrestrial ecosystems." — Robert R. Reisz, Quarterly Review of Biology

"Triassic Life on Land is an exemplary review of the Triassic period and will be a standard reference work for many years to come." — Kevin Padian, University of California, Berkeley

Related Subjects

• Paleontology

Series

• Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology

About the Author

Hans-Dieter Sues is Senior Scientist and Curator in the Department of Paleobiology at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, and co-editor, with Nicholas C. Fraser, of In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods.Nicholas C. Fraser is Keeper of Natural Sciences at National Museums Scotland and an adjunct faculty member of the Department of Geosciences at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

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