The long and distinguished tradition of tracking dinosaurs and
other extinct animals in Europe dates back to the 1830s. Yet this
venerable tradition of scientific activity cannot compare in
magnitude and scope with the unprecedented spate of discovery and
documentation of the last few years. Now, following on the heels of
his "Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil Footprints of the Western
United States, " Martin Lockley teams up with Christian Meyer to
present an up to date synthesis of the recent findings in the field
of European fossil footprints. Drawing extensively on their own
research results from studies in Britain, Switzerland, Portugal,
Spain, and elsewhere, the authors create a dynamic picture of
mammal, reptile, bird, and amphibian "track-makers" throughout more
than 300 million years of vertebrate evolution, placed in the
context of Europe's changing ancient environments.
Beginning with an introduction to tracking and a history of the
European tracking tradition, "Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil
Footprints of Europe" then charts a broad path of evolutionary
proliferation from the proto-dinosaurs of the Early Triassic period
to the dinosaurs' decline and disappearance in the Upper
Cretaceous. The survey continues into the age of mammals and birds,
ending with the cave art of our Paleolithic ancestors.
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