Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil Footprints of the Western United States

by Martin Lockley, Adrian P. Hunt, Paul Koroshetz (Contribution by)

Overview

Offering the most comprehensive and up-to-date review of fossil footprints, for both dinosaurs and other vertebrates, in the western United States, Dinosaur Tracks covers the fossil record from the Paleozoic through the Cenozoic era. A series of illustrations depict dinosaurs in the their natural habitat, and an appendix lists museums and other major repositories of tracks and replicas, and gives details on tracksites open to the public. Includes annotated references and detailed descriptions of important specimens, describing how these trackways can help interpret behavior.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231079273
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	05/07/1999
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	360
Sales rank:	943,254
Product dimensions:	7.07(w) x 9.95(h) x 0.82(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Martin Lockley is the associate professor of geology at the University of Colorado, Denver, and author of more than two hundred books, most recently, Tracking Dinosaurs: A New Look at the Ancient World and Dinosaur Tracks and Traces, which he co-authored with David Gillette.

Adrian P. Hunt is a former co-curator of the University of Colorado, Denver, Dinosaur Tracks Collection and is director of the Mesalands Dinosaur Museum, Mesa College, Tucumari, New Mexico. He is the author of more than two hundred papers and other publications on various topics in paleontology and has coedited the book Dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs in the American Southwest.

Table of Contents

An Introduction to Fossil Footprints
Ancient Tracks: The Paleozoic Era
Archosaur Ascendancy: The Triassic
Days of Dinosaur Dominance I: The Jurassic
Days of Dinosaur Dominance II: The Cretaceous
The Age of Birds and Mammals: The Cenozoic Era
Tracks Galore, and What They Can Tell Us

What People are Saying About This

James O. Farlow

This attractive, nicely written book provides a useful introduction to the study of fossil footprints...The authors are good about acknowledging when they are taking controversial stands, and explaining the reasons for the interpretations they make. I enthusiastically recommend [it].

Editorial Reviews

This attractive, nicely written book provides a useful introduction to the study of fossil footprints...The authors are good about acknowledging when they are taking controversial stands, and explaining the reasons for the interpretations they make. I enthusiastically recommend [it].

James O. Farlow

Fascinating . . . an admirable achievement.

Times Higher Education Supplement

Geared toward the more serious amateur (i.e. students and general readers who aren't afraid of Latin names), this popular guide describes how to observe and record fossil footprints, then takes dinosaur enthusiasts, rockhounds, and vacationers on a tour of tracks and trackways in the western US. Lockley (geology, U. of Colorado) and Hunt (director, Mesalands Dinosaur Museum) focus on the Colorado Plateau region, detailing the fossil track record from the Paleozoic Era through our modern Cenozoic Era. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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