A monograph of the fossil Reptilia of the Liassic formations:

Discoveries of fossil reptiles in the sea cliffs of south-western England helped to consolidate ideas of 'deep time' and extinction by revealing ancient worlds whose unfamiliar and bizarre inhabitants had no living counterparts. Many of these fossils were from the Lower and Upper Lias Grou...

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Main Author: Owen, Richard 1804-1892 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2015
Series:Cambridge library collection. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society
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Summary:Discoveries of fossil reptiles in the sea cliffs of south-western England helped to consolidate ideas of 'deep time' and extinction by revealing ancient worlds whose unfamiliar and bizarre inhabitants had no living counterparts. Many of these fossils were from the Lower and Upper Lias Groups, suites of rocks laid down in the shallow seas that covered much of southern England during the Early Jurassic period (around 201-174 million years ago). Sir Richard Owen (1804–92) was one of several anatomists who provided extensive descriptions of these animals. His monograph on the Liassic Reptilia (published in three parts in 1861–81) includes the first, and so far only, detailed description of the early armoured dinosaur Scelidosaurus (the first dinosaur known from an almost complete skeleton), an important account of Dimorphodon (the first flying reptile named from the United Kingdom), and critical information on two marine reptile groups, the plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs
Item Description:Originally published in London, Printed for the Palaeontographical Society between 1861 and 1881. - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Jun 2016)
Physical Description:1 online resource (134 pages)
ISBN:9781316154779
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781316154779

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