Triassic Life on Land

Hans-Dieter Sues is Senior Scientist and Curator in the Department of Paleobiology at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, and co-editor, with Nicholas C. Fraser, of In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods.Nicholas C. Fraser is Keeper of Natural Sciences at National Museums Scotland and an adjunct faculty member of the Department of Geosciences at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

• Preface1. Introduction2. Early and Early Middle Triassic in Gondwana3. Early and Early Middle Triassic in Laurasia4. Late Middle and Late Triassic of Gondwana5. Late Middle and Late Triassic of Europe6. Late Triassic of Great Britain7. Triassic of the Central Atlantic Margin System8. Late Triassic of the Western United States9. Two Extraordinary Windows into Triassic Life10. Biotic Changes During the Triassic Period11. The End of the Triassic: Out with a Bang or a Whimper?GlossaryReferencesIndex

A very useful resource. Smithsonian Magazine Accomplished paleobiologists Sues and Fraser have compiled a well-organized, beautifully illustrated volume on the current state of paleobiological investigations into Triassic terrestrial life. Choice In summary, Triassic Life on Land is the best technical reference available on the Triassic period and brings us forward from the days of "thecodonts" and Coelophysis. -- William G. Parker BioScience ...a concise, global review of current knowledge of terrestrial Triassic biotas... Tetrapod Zoology Blog an excellent resource, compiling evidence from geology, vertebrate and invertebrate paleontology, and paleobotany, and builds a comprehensive image of the Triassic Period and its significance as a time of transformation in terrestrial ecosystems. -- Robert R. Reisz Quarterly Review of Biology