{"product_id":"noahs-ravens-interpreting-the-makers-of-tridactyl-dinosaur-footprints-hardcover","title":"Noah's Ravens: Interpreting the Makers of Tridactyl Dinosaur Footprints - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames O. Farlow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow can the tracks of dinosaurs best be interpreted and used to reconstruct them? In many Mesozoic sedimentary rock formations, fossilized footprints of bipedal, three-toed (tridactyl) dinosaurs are preserved in huge numbers, often with few or no skeletons. Such tracks sometimes provide the only clues to the former presence of dinosaurs, but their interpretation can be challenging: How different in size and shape can footprints be and yet have been made by the same kind of dinosaur? How similar can they be and yet have been made by different kinds of dinosaurs? To what extent can tridactyl dinosaur footprints serve as proxies for the biodiversity of their makers?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfusely illustrated and meticulously researched, \u003ci\u003eNoah's Ravens\u003c\/i\u003e 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 results help decipher one of the world's most important assemblages of fossil dinosaur tracks, found in sedimentary rocks deposited in ancient rift valleys of eastern North America. Those often beautifully preserved tracks were among the first studied by paleontologists, and they were initially interpreted as having been made by big birds--one of which was jokingly identified as Noah's legendary raven. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames O. Farlow is Emeritus Professor of Geology at Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Complete Dinosaur\u003cem\u003e, Second Edition\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilip Currie is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Dinosaur Paleobiology at University of Alberta. He is author of \u003cem\u003eEncyclopedia of Dinosaurs\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e101 Questions about Dinosaurs\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 800\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.57 x 11.1 x 8.66 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45303395352678,"sku":"9780253027252","price":134.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/TW1SRzZHc1o2NlI5UXhIUGlYUGF2QT09.webp?v=1774018227","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/noahs-ravens-interpreting-the-makers-of-tridactyl-dinosaur-footprints-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}