{"product_id":"beast-companions-the-unsung-animals-of-the-dinosaurs-world-hardback-9780253069405","title":"Beast Companions; The Unsung Animals of the Dinosaurs' World (Hardback) 9780253069405","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBeast Companions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Unsung Animals of the Dinosaurs' World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Foster (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253069405\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 June 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e258 pages, 70 color illus., 2 b\u0026amp;w tables\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.885 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBeast Companions\u003c\/i\u003e does a tremendous service to paleontology now and in the future by collecting pertinent information about all of the animals that inhabited the Mesozoic Era alongside the dinosaurs. Many books are written about different groups of animals that lived during the Mesozoic, but few provide the reader with a comprehensive treatment of all the animals that coexisted across the globe. The book will be an important reference not only to paleontologists but to evolutionary biologists and more broadly to anyone interested in global ecosystems over time.\"—Matthew Bonnan, Stockton University\u003cbr\u003e \"Despite countless popular and technical books on dinosaurs, Foster finds a story that surprisingly has never been relayed to a wider audience, explaining in vivid detail the biological importance of the non-dinosaurian Mesozoic fauna and how their diversity in form and behavior rivaled (and in some cases exceeded) that of their charismatic reptile overlords. . . . It is a compact yet engrossing safari ride through the Mesozoic age of reptiles.\"—Adam Huttenlocker, University of Southern California\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite their fame and reputation, dinosaurs represent only half the story of the Mesozoic Era. In \u003ci\u003eBeast Companions: The Unsung Animals of the Dinosaurs' World\u003c\/i\u003e, paleontologist John Foster explores the often-overlooked animals that coexisted with them. These ancient species, often equally remarkable as their dinosaur neighbors, can provide valuable insights into the biotic history of our planet. In some cases, these animals reveal just as much, if not more, about the extinct ecosystems of the time as the dinosaurs themselves.\u003cbr\u003e By drawing on a wealth of current and past discoveries, Foster embarks on a sweeping journey across 164 million years to visit the beast companions of the dinosaurs. Along the way, he examines fish, insects, the first frogs and salamanders, turtles, snakes and lizards, marine reptiles, crocodiles, pterosaurs, birds, mammals, and other animals of the Mesozoic Er\u003ci\u003ea.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeast Companions\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking exploration of the story of these contemporaries of the dinosaurs that set the modern world in motion more than 200 million years ago\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Shadows in the Rain: Beginnings\u003cbr\u003e 2. A Critical Mass: Invertebrates\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sweet Delta Dawn: Fish\u003cbr\u003e 4. Smooth Amphibians: Frogs, Salamanders, and Cohorts\u003cbr\u003e 5. Mysteries Dark and Vast: Turtles\u003cbr\u003e 6. Beak-Heads: Ancestry of the Tuatara\u003cbr\u003e 7. Celebration of the Lizard (and Snake): Squamata\u003cbr\u003e 8. In the Realm of Poseidons: Marine Reptiles\u003cbr\u003e 9. Age of the Comb Jaws: Choristodera\u003cbr\u003e 10. Something Shocking: Crocodile Rocks\u003cbr\u003e 11. Wing Fingers: Pterosaurs\u003cbr\u003e 12. Feathered Dinosaurian Friends: Birds\u003cbr\u003e 13. Copy-Catted: Mammals and Synapsids\u003cbr\u003e 14. Epilogue: A Bump in the Road and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e References\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676640342296,"sku":"9780253069405","price":31.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/beast-companions-the-unsung-animals-of-the-dinosaurs-world-hardback-9780253069405","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}