Jurassic West, Second Edition: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World

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John Foster Dale A. Russell

Jurassic West, Second Edition

The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World

John Foster, Dale A. Russell

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Indiana University Press
03 November 2020

Mathematics & Sciences; Dinosaurs & the prehistoric world

Series: Life of the Past

The famous bone beds of the Morrison Formation, formed one hundred and fifty million years ago and running from Wyoming down through the red rock region of the American Southwest, have yielded one of the most complete pictures of any ancient vertebrate ecosystem in the world. Jurassic West, Second Edition tells the story of the life of this ancient world as scientists have so far been able to reconstruct it.

Aimed at the general reader, Jurassic West, Second Edition recounts the discovery of many important Late Jurassic dinosaurs such as Apatosaurus, Allosaurus, and Stegosaurus. But dinosaurs compose barely a third of the more than 90 types of vertebrates known from the formation, which include crocodiles and turtles, frogs and salamanders, dinosaurs and mammals, clams and snails, and ginkgoes, ferns, and conifers.

Featuring nearly all new illustrations, the second edition of this classic work includes new taxa named since 2007, updates to the naming and classifications of some old taxa, and expanded sections on numerous aspects of Morrison Formation paleontology and geology.

By: John Foster
Foreword by: Dale A. Russell
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: second edition
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 1.696kg
ISBN: 9780253051578
ISBN 10: 0253051576
Series: Life of the Past
Pages: 592
Publication Date: 03 November 2020
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword by Dale Russell Preface Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1 Rainbow Country: An Introduction to Morrison Formation Geology 2 Setting the Stage: Vertebrates and the Jurassic World 3 The Start of it All: The Morrison Vertebrates Come to Light 4 Renaissance: The Picture Fills In 5 Fins, Scales, and Wings: The Morrison Menagerie, Part I 6 Gargantuan to Minuscule: The Morrison Menagerie, Part II 7 The Mess and the Magic: Vertebrate Paleoecology of the Morrison Formation 8 Many Rivers to Cross: A Late Jurassic Journey across the Morrison Floodplain Epilogue: The Morrison Fauna in World Context Appendix A Appendix B Glossary Notes References Index

John Foster is author of Cambrian Ocean World: Ancient Sea Life of North America. He is a paleontologist at the Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum in Vernal, Utah. He previously worked as executive director of the Moab Museum in Moab, Utah, and curator of paleontology at the Museums of Western Colorado in Fruita, Colorado.

Reviews for Jurassic West, Second Edition: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World

This book makes the discovery and science of dinosaurs easily accessible to a variety of audiences with differing backgrounds. --Samantha Sands American Paleontologist A very well-written book. The prose flows easily; it is hard to stop reading once one starts. The presentation of scientific information is excellent. Rather than creating a synthesized story, Foster presents material in its true complexity without resorting to annoying speculation.... There is much to be learned from reading this book... Recommended. --Choice ... a valuable reference for Morrison specialists. It is a comprehensive, logically structured, well-illustrated, and extremely well-written book.... Foster's ability to incorporate such a large body of information, and yet make it accessible, interesting, and useful to a wide variety of readers, is a remarkable achievement. --Jeffrey Martz Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology