Title: Messel : an insight into the history of life and of the earth
Abstract: Curriculum vitae of the messel pit, Stephan Schaal Europe in the eocene - messel in time and space, Jens Lorenz Franzen the genesis of the messel oil shale, Stephan Schaal the vegetation - fossil plants as witnesses of a warm climate, Friedemann Schaarschmidt giant ants and other rarities - the insect fauna, Herbert Lutz ancient knights-in-armour and modern cannibals, Norbert Micklich amphibia at lake messel - salamanders, toads and frogs, Michael Wuttke freshwater turtles, Thomas Keller and Stpehan Schaal crocodiles - large ancient reptiles, Thomas Keller and Stephan Schaal lizards - reptiles en route to success, Thomas Keller and Stephan Schaal messel birds - a lang-based assemblage, Dieter Stefan Peters the marsupials - inconspicuous opossums, Wighart von Koenigswald and Gerhard Storch primitive insectivores, extraordinary hedgehogs and long fingers, Wighart von Koenigswald, et al bats - already highly specialized insect predators, Jorg Habersetzer, et al our closest relatives - the primates, Jens Lorenz Franzen and Wighart von Koenigswald pangolins - almost unchanged for 50 million years, Gerhard Storch and Gotthard Richter the ant-eater eurotamandua - a South American in Europe, Gerhard Storch and Gotthard Richter rodents - at the start of a great career, Wighart von Koenigswald, et al carnivores - agile climbers and prey catchers, Rainer Springhorn the arboreal kopidodon, a relative of primitive hoofed animals, Wighart von Koenigswald the messel horse show and other odd-toed ungulates, Jens Lorenz Franzen primitive even-toed ungulates - loners in the undergrowth, Jens Lorenz Franzen and Gotthard Richter death and burial of the vertebrates, Michael Wuttke conservation - dissolution - transformation, on the behaviour of biogrnic materials during fossilization, Micahel Wauttke from excavation to exhibition piece, Michael Ackermann, et al fossilized gut contents - analysis and interpretation, Gotthard Richter the messel fauna and flora - a biogeographical puzzle, Gerhard Storch and Friedemann Schaarschmidt.
Publication Year: 1992
Publication Date: 1992-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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