The Sauropods: Evolution and Paleobiology

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vii contents Acknowledgments / ix Introduction: Monoliths of the Mesozoic / 1 Jeffrey A. Wilson and Kristina Curry Rogers 1 • OVERVIEW OF SAUROPOD PHYLOGENY AND EVOLUTION / 15 Jeffrey A. Wilson 2 • TITANOSAURIA: A PHYLOGENETIC OVERVIEW / 50 Kristina Curry Rogers 3 • PHYLOGENETIC AND TAXIC PERSPECTIVES ON SAUROPOD DIVERSITY / 104 Paul Upchurch and Paul M. Barrett 4 • SAUROPODOMORPH DIVERSITY THROUGH TIME: MACROEVOLUTIONARY AND PALEOECOLOGICAL IMPLICATONS / 125 Paul M. Barrett and Paul Upchurch 5 • STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF A SAUROPOD TOOTH BATTERY / 157 Paul C. Sereno and Jeffrey A. Wilson 6 • DIGITAL RECONSTRUCTIONS OF SAUROPOD DINOSAURS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FEEDING / 178 Kent A. Stevens and J. Michael Parrish 7 • POSTCRANIAL PNEUMATICITY IN SAUROPODS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR MASS ESTIMATES / 201 Mathew J. Wedel 8 • THE EVOLUTION OF SAUROPOD LOCOMOTION: MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF A SECONDARILY QUADRUPEDAL RADIATION / 229 Matthew T. Carrano 9 • STEPS IN UNDERSTANDING SAUROPOD BIOLOGY: THE IMPORTANCE OF SAUROPOD TRACKS / 252 Joanna L. Wright 10 • NESTING TITANOSAURS FROM AUCA MAHUEVO AND ADJACENT SITES: UNDERSTANDING SAUROPOD REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR AND EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT / 285 Luis M. Chiappe, Frankie Jackson, Rodolfo A. Coria, and Lowell Dingus 11 • SAUROPOD HISTOLOGY: MICROSCOPIC VIEWS ON THE LIVES OF GIANTS / 303 Kristina Curry Rogers and Gregory M. Erickson A Conversation with Jack McIntosh / 327 Jeffrey A. Wilson and Kristina Curry Rogers List of Contributors / 335 Index / 337 ...