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| #3306497 in Books | The Johns Hopkins University Press | 2011-08-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.20 x1.04 x6.38l,1.47 | File type: PDF | 328 pages | ||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Much ado about not much, but a fascinating story|By Dr. John W. Rippon|The Transylvanian Plateau in what is now modern Romania was in the later Cretaceous what appears to have been an island. The area today is surrounded by mountains of the Sureanu and Retezat ranges and is known as the Hateg Basin. In older times as a fair sized island, it appears to have been colonized by sev|||"It is rare to find a book on dinosaurs so literate, well-written, and full of insight and synthesis―particularly when the dinosaurs are so unusual. The authors lay them out for us, situate them beautifully in time, space, and cultural history, and then rea
At the end of the time of the dinosaurs, Transylvania was an island in what was to become southeastern Europe. The island's limited resources affected the size and life histories of its animals, resulting in a local dwarfism. For example, sauropods found on the island measured only six meters long, while their cousins elsewhere grew up to five times larger. Here, David B. Weishampel and Coralia-Maria Jianu present unique evolutionary interpretations of this phenomenon...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Transylvanian Dinosaurs | David B. Weishampel, Coralia-Maria Jianu.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.