Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. The End of an Era: The Early Triassic
1. Setting the Stage: The Paleogeography and Climate of the Triassic World
2. A Brief Phylogeny of Triassic Fishes and Tetrapods
3. Starting Out in the Triassic
II. A Comfortable Middle Age: The Middle Triassic
4. A Hint of the Sea
5. No Midlife Crisis
III. A Time of Change: The Early Late Triassic
6. Marginal Creatures in a Marginal World
7. The Enigmas of Texas and the U.S. Southwest
8. Life in the Sand Dunes? The Elgin Reptiles
9. Life in the Deep South: The Late Triassic of Gondwana
IV. The Birth of Modern Terrestrial Ecosystems
10. Pitfalls in Paleontology: The British Fissure Deposits
11. Time to Go Our Separate Ways: The Newark Supergroup
12. A Catastrophic Finale? The Mode and Tempo of Faunal Change
Appendix 1. Global Biostratigraphy and Age Correlation of Triassic Fossil Assemblages
Appendix 2. Bare Bones Sedimentology
Appendix 3. The Anatomy of a Tetrapod
Appendix 4. Names, Grades, and Clades
Glossary
References
Index
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