Messel : an ancient greenhouse ecosystem /
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés Alemán |
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Frankfurt am Main :
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung,
2018.
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| Colección: | Senckenberg-Buch ;
80 |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cap. 1. Messel: eventful past, exciting future
- Cap. 2. The formation of the Messel Maar
- Cap. 3. Paleoclimate: learning from the past for the future
- Cap. 4. Joined in death: the burial community of Messel
- Cap. 5. Messel research: methods and concepts
- Cap. 6. The fossil flora of Messel
- Cap. 7. Jewels in the oil shale: insects and other invertebrates
- Cap. 8. Actinopterygians: the fishes of the Messel lake
- Cap. 9. Amphibians in Messel: in the water and on land
- Cap. 10. Amniotes: mammals, birds and reptiles
- Cap. 10.1. Lizards and snakes: warmth-loving sunbathers
- Cap. 10.2. Turtles: armored survivalists
- Cap. 10.3. Crocodyliforms: large-bodied carnivores
- Cap. 11. Birds: the most species-rich vertebrate group in Messel
- Cap. 12. Mammalia: another success story
- Cap. 12.1. Marsupials: a surprise in Messel
- Cap. 12.2. Four archaic yet highly specialized mammals
- Cap. 12.3. With and without spines: the hedgehog kindred from Messel
- Cap. 12.4. Primates: rarities in Messel
- Cap. 12.5. Bats: highly specialized nocturnal hunters with echolocation
- Ca. 12.6. Rodents: gnawing their way to success
- Cap. 12.7. Ferae: animals that eat animals
- Cap. 12.8. The advent of even-toed hoofed mammals
- Cap. 12.9. Odd-toed ungulates: early horses and tapiromorphs
- Cap. 13.The Messel ecosystem.