Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Herbivory in terrestrial vertebrates Hans-Dieter Sues; 2. Herbivory in late Paleozoic and Triassic terrestrial vertebrates Robert R. Reisz and Hans-Dieter Sues; 3. Prosauropod dinosaurs and iguanas: speculations on the diets of extinct reptiles Paul M. Barrett; 4. The evolution of sauropod feeding mechanisms Paul Upchurch and Paul M. Barrett; 5. Plant-eaters and ghost lineages: dinosaurian herbivory revisited David B. Weishampel and Coralia-Maria Jianu; 6. Dental constraints in the early evolution of mammalian herbivory John M. Rensberger; 7. Patterns in the evolution of herbivory in large terrestrial mammals: the Paleogene of North America Christine M. Janis; 8. Origin and evolution of the grazing guild in Cenozoic New World terrestrial mammals Bruce J. MacFadden.

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This book, first published in 2000, was the first comprehensive overview of how herbivory evolved in terrestrial vertebrates using perspective from fossil record.

Reviews

'The chapters are elegant, well presented and well illustrated, and the authors, the editor and the publishers are to be congratulated.' Michael J. Benton, Trends in Ecology and Evolution '... nicely produced, and yields many provocative papers that are of interest to anyone who has thought about terrestrial paleoecology.' Donald R. Prothero, PRISCUM