{"product_id":"vertebrate-paleobiology-sergio-f-vizcano-9780253070470","title":"Vertebrate Paleobiology: A Form and Function Approach","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn essential introduction to the paleobiology of animal body size, locomotion, and feeding.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaleobiology is the branch of evolutionary biology involved in the reconstruction of the life histories of extinct organisms. It answers the questions, How do we use fossils to reconstruct the size of prehistoric animals, and How did they move and feed? Drawing on a rich inventory of South American Miocene fossils, \u003ci\u003eVertebrate Paleobiology: A Form and Function Approach\u003c\/i\u003e examines different aspects of functional morphology and how they are tested by paleontologists, anatomists, and zoologists. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with a review of various methodologies to interpret fossils, the authors turn to the main concepts important to functional morphology and give examples of each. They conclude by showing how functional morphology enables a dynamic, broadscale reconstruction of the life of prehistoric animals during the South American Miocene.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in Spanish, \u003ci\u003eVertebrate Paleobiology: A Form and Function Approach\u003c\/i\u003e provides a broad sweep of recent developments, including theoretical and practical techniques, applied to the study of extinct vertebrates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sergio F. Vizca匤o, M. Susana Bargo, Guillermo H. Cassini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0253070473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253070470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Sergio F. Vizca匤o","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44966242746623,"sku":"9780253070470","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4dd918a1-6060-4f4a-9d6c-0684f0a3bd4a.jpg?v=1711159285","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vertebrate-paleobiology-sergio-f-vizcano-9780253070470","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}