The third in a series of five books, this book tells the history of life in the middle of the Mesozoic Era during the Jurassic Period, which was 201 and 145 million years ago. In this period, dinosaurs walked the Earth, the seas were populated by ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and marine crocodiles, and the skies were filled with pterosaurs and the first primitive birds. In this beautiful full-color illustrated book, you will learn about: And much more The paleogeography of the Jurassic- how the continents were positioned and moved The climate of the Jurassic The flora of the Jurassic Marine life of the Triassic including plankton, marine invertebrates, fish and marine reptiles such ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and thalattosuchians Terrestrial life of the Triassic including insects, spiders, lungfish, amphibians, turtles, lepidosaurs, therapsids (mammals and mammal-like reptiles), pterosaurs, crocodilans, dinosaurs and birds And much more Table of Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Before the Jurassic Period The Formation of the Solar System and the Earth The Hadean Eon The Archaean Eon The Proterozoic Eon The Phanerozoic Eon - The Paleozoic Era - The End of the Paleozoic Era - The Mesozoic Era - The Triassic Period Chapter 2: Introducing the Jurassic Period Subdivisions (Epochs) of the Jurassic Period - Early Jurassic Epoch - Middle Jurassic Epoch - Late Jurassic Epoch Chapter 3: Paleogeography of the Jurassic Period Chapter 4: Climate of the Jurassic Period Chapter 5: Flora of the Jurassic Period Chapter 6: Marine Fauna of the Jurassic Period Plankton Marine Invertebrates Fish Sauropterygians, Plesiosaurs and Pliosaurs Turtles Ichthyosaurs Thalattosuchians Pleurosaurids Chapter 7: Terrestrial and Freshwater Fauna of the Jurassic Period Insects Spiders Lungfish Amphibians Turtles Lepidosauromorpha - Pantestudines - Kuehneosauridae - Rhynchocephalia - Squamata Therapsids and Mammals Archosaurs - Pterosaurs - Crocodylomorpha - Dinosaurs and Birds Chapter 8: Dinosaurs and Birds of the Jurassic Period Saurischia and Ornithischia Theropods - Coelophysids - Dilophosaurids - Cryolophosaurus - Ceratosaurids - Abelisaurids - Noasaurids - Megalosaurids - Spinosaurids - Piatnitzkysaurids - Gasosaurus and Kaijiangosaurus - Monolophosaurus - Allosaurids - Metriacanthosaurids - Carcharodontosaurids - Coelurids - Compsognathids - Tyrannosauroidea - Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptorans and Birds - Archaeoteryx and the Origin of Birds - Ornitholestes Sauropodomorpha and Sauropods - Basal Sauropodomorphs (Anchisaurs and Massospondylids) - Basal Sauropods (Vulcanodontids) - Shunosaurus - Diplodocids - Dicraeosaurids - Rebbachisaurids - Haplocanthosaurus - Brachiosaurids - Camarasaurids - Cetiosaurids - Mamenchisaurids Ornithischians - Basal Ornithischians (including Heterodontosaurids) - Lesothosaurus - Basal Thyreophora - Stegosauria - Ankylosauria - Basal Neornithischia - Ornithopoda - Ceratopsia - Pachycephalosauria Chapter 9: Extinction Events of the Jurassic Period Triassic Jurassic Extinction Event The Pliensbachian Toarcian Extinction Event The End Jurassic Extinction Event Chapter 10: After the Jurassic The Cretaceous Period The Cenozoic Era
- | Author: Sunil Tanna
- | Publisher: Independently Published
- | Publication Date: November 22, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 229 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1710646152
- | ISBN-13: 9781710646153
