Description
This beautifully illustrated 2007 volume describes the entire flora and fauna of the famous Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil - one of the world's most important fossil deposits, exhibiting exceptional preservation. A wide range of invertebrates and vertebrates are covered, including extended sections on pterosaurs and insects. Two chapters are devoted to plants. Many of the chapters include descriptions of new species and re-descriptions and appraisals of taxa published in obscure places, rendering them available to a wider audience. Fossil descriptions are supported by detailed explanations of the geological history of the deposit and its tectonic setting. Drawing on expertise from around the world and specimens from the most important museum collections, this book forms an essential reference for researchers and enthusiasts with an interest in Mesozoic fossils.
A beautifully illustrated 2007 volume describing the unique fossils of the Crato Formation of Brazil.
About the Author
David Martill is a Reader in Palaeobiology in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Portsmouth, where his research interests include the palaeobiology of pterosaurs and exceptional preservation of fossil vertebrates. He is the author of several other books and has appeared in several television series including the BBC series Walking with Dinosaurs. Gunter Bechley is Curator for amber and fossil insects at the Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Germany, where his research projects include the phylogenetic system of fossil and recent damselflies and dragonflies. He has authored several books in German and English and has appeared in television series in Germany and Norway. Robert Loveridge is a Research Fellow in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Portsmouth. He is a botanist with interests in the botanical treatment of sewerage and environmental protection, as well as palaeontology. He is a skilled photographer and is responsible for many of the beautiful images in this book.
Reviews
Review of the hardback: '... beautifully illustrated ... this book provides the most up-to-date information and a comprehensive treatise on the Crato Formation.' Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology
Review of the hardback: 'This book shows a complete and very detailed review of one of the most important Mesozoic deposit exhibiting exceptional preservations. ... very detailed and sumptuously illustrated ...' Geobios
Review of the hardback: 'Preservation here is so good that even the detailed colour patterning on its outstretched wings is still evident. The editors of this Window into an Ancient World (along with the publishers Cambridge University Press) are to be congratulated on producing such an attractive and useful work which will, no doubt, join OUP's Messel book, the Smithsonian's book on Florissant, etc., on our library shelves for years to come.' Geological Magazine
Book Information
ISBN 9780521858670
Author David M. Martill
Format Hardback
Page Count 624
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 1480g
Dimensions(mm) 253mm * 178mm * 34mm
A beautifully illustrated 2007 volume describing the unique fossils of the Crato Formation of Brazil.
About the Author
David Martill is a Reader in Palaeobiology in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Portsmouth, where his research interests include the palaeobiology of pterosaurs and exceptional preservation of fossil vertebrates. He is the author of several other books and has appeared in several television series including the BBC series Walking with Dinosaurs. Gunter Bechley is Curator for amber and fossil insects at the Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Germany, where his research projects include the phylogenetic system of fossil and recent damselflies and dragonflies. He has authored several books in German and English and has appeared in television series in Germany and Norway. Robert Loveridge is a Research Fellow in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Portsmouth. He is a botanist with interests in the botanical treatment of sewerage and environmental protection, as well as palaeontology. He is a skilled photographer and is responsible for many of the beautiful images in this book.
Reviews
Review of the hardback: '... beautifully illustrated ... this book provides the most up-to-date information and a comprehensive treatise on the Crato Formation.' Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology
Review of the hardback: 'This book shows a complete and very detailed review of one of the most important Mesozoic deposit exhibiting exceptional preservations. ... very detailed and sumptuously illustrated ...' Geobios
Review of the hardback: 'Preservation here is so good that even the detailed colour patterning on its outstretched wings is still evident. The editors of this Window into an Ancient World (along with the publishers Cambridge University Press) are to be congratulated on producing such an attractive and useful work which will, no doubt, join OUP's Messel book, the Smithsonian's book on Florissant, etc., on our library shelves for years to come.' Geological Magazine
Book Information
ISBN 9780521858670
Author David M. Martill
Format Hardback
Page Count 624
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 1480g
Dimensions(mm) 253mm * 178mm * 34mm
