Triassic Life on Land: The Great Transition

by Hans-Dieter Sues, Nicholas C. Fraser, Nicholas Fraser

The Triassic period is generally viewed as the beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs. For paleontologists, however, it also marks the rise of the world's first modern land ecosystems.

Over the past three decades, extensive, worldwide fieldwork has led to the discovery of many new species of Triassic animals and plants, suggesting that faunal and floral changes already began in the Middle Triassic and were more protracted than previously thought...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023113522X
• ISBN13: 9780231135221
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 11.0"