Mesozoic Sea Dragons - (Life of the Past) by Olivier Rieppel (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>1. The site of Monte San Giorgio is the most famous marine life fossil bed in the world.</p> <p>2. The story of the marine life from the Middle Triassic Period at Monte San Giorgio has never been told in book form before.</p> <p>3. Olivier Rieppel is a curator at the Field Museum in Chicago and is a returning IUP author whose previous book, Turtles as Hopeful Monsters, had strong sales.</p></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Told in rich detail and with gorgeous color recreations, this is the story of marine life in the age before the dinosaurs. During the Middle Triassic Period (247-237 million years ago), the mountain of Monte San Giorgio in Switzerland was a tropical lagoon. Today, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site because it boasts an astonishing fossil record of marine life from that time. Attracted to an incredibly diverse and well-preserved set of fossils, Swiss and Italian paleontologists have been excavating the mountain since 1850.</p><br/><p>Synthesizing and interpreting over a century of discoveries through a critical twenty-first century lens, paleontologist Olivier Rieppel tells for the first time the complete story of the fish and marine reptiles who made that long-ago lagoon their home. Through careful analysis and vividly rendered recreations, he offers memorable glimpses of not only what Thalattosaurs, Protorosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, <b> </b>Pachypleurosaurs, and other marine life looked like but how they moved and lived in the lagoon. </p><br/><p>An invaluable resource for specialists and accessible to all, this book is essential to all who are fascinated with ancient marine life.</p></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><i>Mesozoic Sea Dragons</i> earns its ambitious title. Using the historical and taxonomic importance of Monte San Giorgio, Rieppel has crafted a volume that serves the sometimes unappreciated marine reptiles well, giving readers both an excellent overview and a deep dive.</p>--Ashley W. Poust "The Quarterly Review of Biology"<br><br><p><i>Mesozoic Sea Dragons</i> is the most comprehensive review of the Middle Triassic marine faunas of Monte San Giorgio published to date. It synthesises a vast body of literature in an accessible way and provides an informative, beautifully illustrated review of the vertebrate life that once thrived in the ancient lagoon. It also delivers a fascinating account of the history of fossil discoveries of this remarkable site.P f Pacific Friend: A Window on JapanPACIFIC STUDIES</p>-- "Palaeontologia Electronica"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Olivier Rieppel is Rowe Family Curator of Evolutionary Biology at the Field Museum in Chicago. He is author of <i>Turtles as Hopeful Monsters: Origins and Evolution.</i></p></p>
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