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Author:   James O. Farlow
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
ISBN:  

9780253027252

ISBN 10:   025302725
Pages:   800
Publication Date:   08 October 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Noah's Ravens 2. Intraspecific and Interspecific Variability in Pedal Phalangeal and Digital Dimensions and Proportions in Non-Avian Dinosaurs, Birds, and Crocodylians 3. Pedal Shape and Phylogenetic Relationships 4. Toe Tapering Profiles in Non-Avian Dinosaurs and Ground Birds 5. Ontogenetic and Across-Species Trends in Hindfoot and Hindlimb Proportions 6. Intraspecific Variability in Pedal Size and Shape in Alligator mississippiensis 7. Footprints of the Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) and Other Ground Birds 8. Summing Up the Comparative Analyses 9. Noah's Ravens: Interpreting the Makers of Tridactyl Dinosaur Footprints of the Newark Supergroup, Early Jurassic, Eastern North America 10. Final Thoughts References Appendix Tables

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[A] stunning achievement: a life's worth; a life's work. * Quarterly Review of Biology * Profusely illustrated and meticulously researched, Noah's Ravens quantitatively explores a variety of approaches to interpreting the tracks, carefully examining within-species and across-species variability in foot and footprint shape in nonavian dinosaurs and their close living relatives. * The Birdbooker Report *

[A] stunning achievement: a life's worth; a life's work. * Quarterly Review of Biology * Profusely illustrated and meticulously researched, Noah's Ravens quantitatively explores a variety of approaches to interpreting the tracks, carefully examining within-species and across-species variability in foot and footprint shape in nonavian dinosaurs and their close living relatives. * The Birdbooker Report *

Profusely illustrated and meticulously researched, Noah's Ravens quantitatively explores a variety of approaches to interpreting the tracks, carefully examining within-species and across-species variability in foot and footprint shape in nonavian dinosaurs and their close living relatives. * The Birdbooker Report *

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James O. Farlow is Emeritus Professor of Geology at Indiana–Purdue University, Fort Wayne. He is the author of The Complete Dinosaur, Second Edition. Philip Currie is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Dinosaur Paleobiology at University of Alberta. He is author of Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and 101 Questions about Dinosaurs.

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