During the Early Cretaceous, lakes, meandering streams, and
flood plains covered the region where the current foothills of
Rioja now exist. Today the area is known for its wine and for the
dozens of sites where footprints and trackways of dinosaurs,
amphibians, and even pterosaurs can be seen. The dinosaurs that
lived here 120 million years ago left their footsteps imprinted in
the mud and moist soil. Now fossilized in rock, they have turned
Rioja into one of the most valuable dinosaur footprint sites in all
of Europe. Felix Perez-Lorente and his colleagues have published
extensively on the region, mostly in Spanish-language journals. In
this volume, Perez-Lorente provides an up-to-date synthesis of that
research in English. He offers detailed descriptions of the sites,
footprints, and trackways, and explains what these prints and
tracks can tell us about the animals who made them."
General
Imprint: |
Indiana University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Life of the Past |
Release date: |
July 2015 |
First published: |
2015 |
Authors: |
Felix Perez-Lorente
|
Dimensions: |
254 x 178 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Paper over boards
|
Pages: |
376 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-253-01515-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
Earth sciences >
Palaeontology >
General
|
LSN: |
0-253-01515-4 |
Barcode: |
9780253015150 |
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!