The Sauropods: Evolution and Paleobiology

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

THE SAUROPODS THE SAUROPODS Evolution and Paleobiology Kristina A. Curry Rogers and Jeffrey A. Wilson UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley Los Angeles London University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England© 2005 by the Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Sauropods: Evolution and Paleobiology / [edited by] Kristina A. Curry Rogers, Jeffrey A. Wilson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-520-24623-3 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Saurischia. 2. Saurischia—Evolution. 3. Saurischia— Morphology. 4. Saurischia—Anatomy. 5. Paleobiology. I. Curry Rogers, Kristina A., 1974- II. Wilson, Jeffrey A. QE862.S3S28 2005 567.913—dc22 2005010624 10 09 08 07 06 05 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper). ∞ Cover: Titanosaurid Nesting Grounds, painting by Mark Hallett. University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences . Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. dedication This volume is dedicated to our friend John S. “Jack” McIntosh. Perhaps more than any other single person, Jack has influenced the course of sauropod studies since World War II. In addition to being one of the foremost students of sauropods (McIntosh and Berman, 1975; Berman and McIntosh, 1978; McIntosh, 1989, 1990a, b), Jack has devoted himself to archiving and interpreting original map and quarry data from the early history of North American dinosaur paleontology (Ostrom and McIntosh, 1966; Kohl and McIntosh, 1997). We close The Sauropods: Evolution and Paleobiology with an interview with Jack that records his thoughts on the past, present, and future of sauropod studies . Perhaps the greatest attribute of sauropod dinosaurs is that they attract students like Jack, whose devotion and contagious enthusiam continue after half a century. Berman, D. S. and J. S. McIntosh. 1978. Skull and relationships of the Upper Jurassic sauropod Apatosaurus (Reptilia, Saurischia). Bulletin of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History 8: 1–35. Kohl, M.F. and J.S. McIntosh. 1997. Discovering Dinosaurs in the Old West. The Field Journals of Arthur Lakes. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London, 198 pp. McIntosh, J. S. 1989. The sauropod dinosaurs: a brief survey. In: Padian, K., and Chure, D. J. (eds.). The Age of Dinosaurs. Short Courses in Paleontology No. 2. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Pp. 85–99. ———. 1990a. Sauropoda. In: Weishampel, D. B., Dodson, P., and Osmólska, H. (eds.). The Dinosauria. University of California Press, Berkeley. Pp. 345–401. ———. 1990b. Species determination in sauropod dinosaurs with tentative suggestions for their classification. In: Carpenter, K., and Currie, P. J. (eds.) Dinosaur Systematics: Approaches and Perspectives. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. McIntosh, J. S. and D. S. Berman. 1975. Description of the palate and lower jaw of Diplodocus (Reptilia: Saurischia) with remarks on the nature of the skull of Apatosaurus. Journal of Paleontology 49: 187–199. Ostrom, J.H. and J.S. McIntosh. 1966. Marsh’s Dinosaurs. Yale University Press, New Haven, 388 pp. ...