{"product_id":"mesozoic-sea-dragons-triassic-marine-life-from-the-ancient-tropical-lagoon-of-monte-san-giorgio-hardcover","title":"Mesozoic Sea Dragons: Triassic Marine Life from the Ancient Tropical Lagoon of Monte San Giorgio - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOlivier Rieppel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBeat Scheffold\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSynthesizing 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, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ePachypleurosaurs, and other marine life looked like but how they moved and lived in the lagoon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn invaluable resource for specialists and accessible to all, this book is essential to all who are fascinated with ancient marine life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlivier Rieppel is Rowe Family Curator of Evolutionary Biology at the Field Museum in Chicago. He is author of \u003ci\u003eTurtles as Hopeful Monsters: Origins and Evolution.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 10 x 7.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 24, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754085056800,"sku":"9780253040114","price":94.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d03159c3ef196b1ac5b27f532df665d8.webp?v=1780033076","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mesozoic-sea-dragons-triassic-marine-life-from-the-ancient-tropical-lagoon-of-monte-san-giorgio-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}