Iguanodontoidea, 52
Iharkut, 176, 177
Iharkutosuchus makadi, 109
Indonesia, 149
insects, 104, 122
invertebrates, 104
Irish Massif, 98
Isisaurus, 28
island, evidence of, 105–11
Island Rule, 143–45
isolation: and clutch size, 191, 192
and dwarfism, 86, 87, 143–45, 185–88
effects of, 106
and Europe, 185
insular, 86, 87
and sexual maturity, 144, 146, 186
and speciation, 165–67
and Telmatosaurus, 162
and Transylva-nian region, 111, 162, 167, 168, 192
Italy, 70, 106, 108, 172, 174, 182
Jaekel, Otto, 10
Janenschia, 124
Jeyawati, 52, 157, 171
Jibou, 15, 46, 73
Jibou Formation, 46, 101
Jinzhousaurus, 52
Jiu River, 87
Jurassic, 43, 114, 115, 124
and Albaner-petontidae, 80
and iguanodontians, 159
and Kallokibotion, 180
and Mammalia, 78
and Neotethyan Ocean, 88
and Paleotethyan Ocean, 93
and pterosaurs, 60, 64
and Struthiosaurus, 182
and Testudinata, 76
and Zalmoxes and Rhabdodon, 176, 182, 183
Kadić, Ottokar, 67, 68
Kallokibotion, 3, 11, 76, 179
Kallokibotion bajazidi, 74, 75
Kayentachelys, 76
Kessler, Eugen, 33
K life-history strategy, 190–92
kogaionids, 179–81
Kogaionon ungureanui, 77, 79, 81
Komodo lizards, 119
Kordos, László, 128
Kutná Hora, 109
Labirinta Cave, 109
Laevidoolithidae, 55
Lambeosaurinae, 50–52, 131
Lambrecht, Kalman, 33
Lancrăm, 15, 46, 73
Late Cretaceous, 16, 82, 161–62
and Carpathian Mountains, 98
duckbills from, 49
in Europe, 108–10
fauna of, 36
invertebrates from, 104
and Kallokibotion, 180
landscape of, 84
migrations in, 171
of Mongolia, Argentina, and the United States, 37
and Neotethyan Ocean, 97
of North America, 34
and Sânpetru Formation, 2, 3
and Telmatosaurus, 159
theropods from, 30, 32, 38
and ti-tanosaurs, 27
of Transylvania, 32
vertebrates of, 10
Late Jurassic, 45, 117
and Apulia and Rho-dope, 95, 96
and multituberculates, 77
and Struthiosaurus, 177
and Telmato-saurus, 183
and titanosaurs, 27
Late Triassic, 28, 76, 93
Latimeria, 154–56, 161, 162
Latimeria chalumnae, 148–50
Latimeria menadoensis, 149
Laurasia, 38, 93, 170
laurels (Lauraceae), 103, 104
Leaellynasaura, 169
Le Loeuff, Jean, 25, 175
Lepisosteidae, 82
Levnesovia, 52, 157, 171, 172
Levnesovia/Bactrosaurus clade, 160
Linnaeus, Carolus, 17
Lirainosaurus, 28, 107, 178, 179, 181
Lirainosaurus astibiae, 176, 180
Lissamphibia, 80, 82
living fossil, 150, 151, 154, 162
lizards, 72, 108, 109
Lower Quarry, 3
Maastrichtian, 84, 88, 104, 108, 109, 159, 173, 174, 180
Macronaria, 28
Macropoma, 154
Madagascar, 27
madtsoiids, 73
Magyarosaurus, 25, 26, 27, 29, 168, 183
anatomy of, 30
and body size, 187
and dwarfing, 136, 184
eggs of, 56
and Europe, 178–79, 181, 182
growth and development of, 126, 133–37, 141, 144, 146
and Nopcsa, 11
as predator, 37
rarity of, 59
rate of evolutionary change of, 161
and Sauropoda, 28
Magyarosaurus dacus, 16, 26, 27, 30, 110, 118, 125, 215n65
Magyarosaurus hungaricus, 27
Magyarosaurus transsylvanicus, 27
Maiasaura, 50, 55, 129, 130, 190
Malawisaurus, 28, 133, 169, 179, 182
Mammalia, 77–81, 107, 141
in Cretaceous, 77
evolutionary relationships in, 78
growth of, 184
placental, 108
Maniraptora, 31, 36, 62
Maniraptoriformes, 31
Mantell, Gideon, 115–16
Mantellisaurus, 52
marsupials, 77, 78
Massif Central, 97
Matheron, Philippe, 43, 46, 68–69
Mayor, Adrienne, 113
Mayr, Ernst, 165–66
Megaloolithidae, 56
Megalosaurus, 16, 23, 31, 32, 115, 116
Megalosaurus cf. superbus, 204n4
Megalosaurus hungaricus, 32
Meiolaniidae, 76
Mesoeucrocodylia, 67–73
Mesozoic, 30, 81, 117
and Apatosaurus, 133
and fossil record, 22, 153
and multituberculates, 77
and Neo-tethyan Ocean, 93
and pterosaurs, 59
and Romania, 105
Mesozoic mammals, 77
Mezholezy, 108, 109
Middle Jurassic, 16
and Albanerpeton-tidae, 82
and Ornithopoda, 45
migration, 169–84
and Africa, 179, 182
and Asia, 182, 183, 189, 192
and body size, 143–45, 184–89
and Cretaceous, 171, 183, 184
and Europe, 177–78, 182, 185, 189, 198
and historical contingency, 198
and North America, 177–78, 182, 183, 189, 192
and South America, 179
and titanosaur sau-ropods, 30
millipede, 122
Minmi, 39, 169
Miocene, 80, 82, 96, 98
moas, 119
Mochlodon, 43, 44
Mochlodon suessi, 108
Moesia, 95, 97
Moesian microplate, platform, promontory, 94–96
mollusks, 104
monitors, 73
monophyly, 17–18, 152
Monotremata, 78
morphological change, rates of, 151, 154–56. See also evolution
mosasaurs, 98, 108, 210n36
mouse, 77
Multituberculata, 77, 78, 80–81, 180–81
Mureş River, 101
Muthmannsdorf, Austria, 60, 61, 108
Muttaburrasaurus, 169
Nălaţ Vad, 46
natural selection, 120, 166, 188, 195, 197–99
Naturphilosophie, 120
nautilus, pearly, 117
Nemegtosaurus, 28, 182
neoceratopsians, 109
neo-Lamarckian inheritance, 141, 150
Neopterygii, 82
Neosauropoda, 28
Neosuchia, 71
neoteny, 123
Neotethyan Ocean, 84, 85, 88, 93, 97, 98, 105, 143
Netherlands, 108
Neuquensaurus, 28
newts, 80
Nodosauridae, 38–43, 107–10, 175, 176
Nopcsa, Franz, 11, 25, 32, 38, 40, 68, 70, 84, 156, 168, 181
and body size, 125, 128–29, 133, 141–42, 143, 150
career of, 8–14
and dwarfism and insular isolation, 85–88
and global positions of the continents, 89
and Haţeg area, 161
and Haţeg as island, 105
and pterosaurs, 62
and Rhabdodon priscus, 43–44
and source areas, 169, 171
and Struthiosaurus, 42
and Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus, 9–10, 49
and turtles, 74, 77
and Wegener, 90
and Zalmoxes, 43
Nopcsa, Ilona, 8
Norell, Mark, 151
Noripterus, 64
Norman, David, 44
North America, 110, 117, 167, 169–71
and Hadrosauridae, 171, 174
and migration, 177, 178, 182, 183, 189, 192
and Transylvanian insularity, 112
North Atlantic, 93, 97
North Sea, 97
Nyctosauridae, 64
Oarda de Jos, 15, 40, 46, 73, 74, 77
Ohaba Sibişel, 2
Oligocene, 77, 78, 88, 98, 103
ontogeny, 120, 122
Opisthocoelicaudia, 28, 169
opossums, 150
Oradea, 33
Ornithischia, 19, 23–25, 38
Ornithocheiridae, 62
Ornithocheiroidea, 64
Ornithocheirus, 60–62, 64
Ornithocheirus bunzeli, 61
Ornithocheirus hlavatschi, 60, 61
Ornithodesmus, 62
Ornithodesmus cluniculus, 207n7
Ornitholestes, 31
Ornithomimosauria, 31, 37
ornithomimosaurs, 110
Ornithopoda, 2, 107–9, 169
cladogram of, 172
evolutionary relationships in, 45
growth of, 124, 125
iguanodon-tian, 137
and Nopcsa, 10–11, 16
and rate of evolutionary change, 160, 161
and southern France, 175
teeth of, 129, 130
Transylvanian, 43–53
and Transylvanian deposits, 25
Orodromeus, 45, 137–39, 140
Orodromeus makelai, 139
Orthomerus dolloi, 108
Orthomerus weberi, 108
ostracodes, 104
Ouranosaurus, 50, 52, 129–31, 169
Oviraptorosauria, 31, 110
Owen, Richard, 21–22, 116
owls, 33, 36
pachycephalosaurs, 25, 110, 111
Pâclişa, 101
paedomorphosis, 118, 120, 122, 123, 125, 139, 144, 146. See also body size; growth and development
paleobiology, 9, 10
paleoclimatology, 93
Paleotethyan Ocean, 93
Paleozoic, 92, 93
palm (Arecaceae), 103, 104
Paludititan nalatzensis, 27
Pangea, 92–93
Panoplosaurus, 39, 40
Paralatonia transylvanica, 81
Paranthropus robustus, 19
parapatry, 165
paraphyly, 18
Pararhabdodon, 107, 108, 175
Pararhabdodon isonensis, 110, 173, 174
Parasaurolophus, 53
Paraves, 31
Paris Basin, 97
Parksosaurus, 45, 160
Paronychodon, 36, 37
parrots, 31
parsimony, 21
Patagonia, 133
Pawpawsaurus, 39, 169
pelican, 33
Pelorosaurus, 169
peramorphosis, 117, 118, 120, 122, 123, 131, 139. See also body size; growth and development
Pereda-Suberbiola, Xabier, 25, 40
Peri-Tethyan realm, 106
Petroşani Basin, 98
phylogeny, 169
and evolutionary rates, 156, 160, 161
and geographic data, 170
hierarchy of, 17
and homology, 19
and homoplasies, 19
and ontogeny, 120, 122
single origin in, 17
size increases through, 142
Pinacosaurus, 39
Pincemaille, Marie, 46
placentals, 77, 78
Plateosaurus, 24, 124
plate tectonics, 89–98, 176, 183, 197
and Transylvania, 105–6, 111–12, 154, 167
Pleistocene, 113, 143, 145
plesiosaurs, 108
Pleurodira, 76, 77
Pliocene, 98
Plot, Robert, 114
Poiana-Ruscă Mountains, 87, 88, 98, 99
Polish Trough, 97
Polypteridae, 82
Portugal, 107
predators, 30, 43, 145, 167, 185–87, 189
Probactrosaurus, 52, 169
proboscideans, 143
Proganochelys, 76
progenesis, 122, 123
prosauropods, 124
Protohadros, 52
Protohadros byrdi, 171
pseudoacromion, 40
Psittacosaurus, 124
Pteranodon, 63, 64
Pteranodontidae, 66, 67
Pteranodontoidea, 64
Pterodactyloidea, 60, 64
Pterodactylus, 64
Pterosauria, 19, 59–67, 107–9, 141
bones of, 65–66
crest of, 67
evolutionary relationships in, 64
feeding by, 67
femur of, 63
gait of, 66, 67
growth of, 184
notarium of, 62, 63
as predator, 72
social behavior of, 67
warm-bloodedness of, 67
wings of, 65
Pui, 27, 77, 87, 100
Quaesitosaurus, 28
Quetzalcoatlus, 64
Quetzalcoatlus northropii, 66
Rapetosaurus, 28, 133, 179, 182
Rapetosaurus krausei, 27
Râul Băárbat, 100
Râul Mare, 100
red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio), 197
Red Queen hypothesis, 169, 196–99
Retezat Mountains, 1, 87, 88, 98, 99, 101, 168
Rhabdodon, 10–11, 45, 107, 108, 175–77
ghost lineage of, 158, 159
growth and development of, 137–40
migration of, 182
source area for, 178
Rhabdodon priscus, 43, 44, 46, 139, 160, 176
Rhabdodontidae, 45, 46, 108, 109, 159, 176, 177
and migration, 182
and rate of evolutionary change, 160
rhamphorhynchoids, 64
Rhaptochelydia, 76
Rhenish Massif, 98
Rhodope, 95–97
Rhodope microplate, 96, 98
Rhodopian Mountains, 94
Riabinin, A. N., 108
Richardoestesia, 36, 37
Rocasaurus, 28, 136, 179
Romania, 1, 105, 110
Roth, V. Louise, 143, 144, 145, 146, 186
Roth model, 186
r selection, 186, 192
r strategy, 190, 191
Rusca Montană Basin, 98, 103
Russia, 108, 109, 174
Saichania, 39
salamander, 80
salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum), 119
Saltasauridae, 28
Saltasaurus, 28, 133, 169, 179
Saltasaurus loricatus, 27
Sânpetru, 1, 2, 60, 63, 77, 159
Sânpetru Formation, 2, 3, 6, 40, 99–102
Sântămărie Orlea, 100
Santonian, 32, 109
Şard Formation, 46, 101, 102
Saurischia, 19, 23
Saurolophus, 53
Sauropelta, 39
Sauropoda, 3, 11, 16, 28, 37, 110, 161
braincase of, 27, 29
embryonic remains of, 57
growth and development of, 117, 124, 133–37
and Saurischia, 23
in Spain, 176
Sauropodomorphs, 19
Saurornithoides, 36
Saurornitholestes langstoni, 34
Schindewolf, Otto H., 142
Scincomorpha, 72, 73
Scleroglossa, 73
screw pines (Pandanaceae), 104
Sebecosuchia, 71
Sebeş, 15, 46, 47, 73, 101
Sebeş Formation, 37
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p; Sebeş Mountains, 87
Seeley, Harry Govier, 22–23, 39–40, 43, 60–61
Seismosaurus, 117
Selmacryptodira, 76
Serpentes, 73
Severin Ocean, 95
sexual maturity, 123, 125, 144, 146, 186, 191, 192
Shamosaurus, 39
Sibişel River, 1–3, 15, 33, 43, 87, 100
Sichuan (China), 133
Silvisaurus, 39
Simpson, G. G., 150
skinks, 73
Slovenia, 108
Smith, J. L. B., 148
snakes, 72, 73, 108
South America, 110, 133, 169, 170, 179
South Atlantic, 93
Southern Carpathian Mountains, 1, 94, 96, 97, 98
Spain, 107–9, 110, 137, 173–76, 181
speciation, 164–66
sphenophytes, 103
Spinosauroidea, 31
Squamata, 73
Stegosauria, 25, 38, 161
Steno, Nicholas, 16
Struthiosaurus, 11, 107, 108, 110, 141, 161, 168, 183
and digestion, 42
discovery of, 39, 40
growth of, 184, 187
and locomotion, 42, 43
and migration, 182
and North America, 177
rarity of, 59
Struthiosaurus austriacus, 40, 43, 110
Struthiosaurus languedocensis, 110
Struthiosaurus transylvanicus, 16, 38–43, 110
sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus), 83
Suess, Eduard, 8, 9, 87, 89
Sulawesi Island, 149, 162
Sum of Minimum Implied Gaps (SMIG), 152
Şureanu Mountains, 98
Sweden, 211n57
sycamore (Platanaceae), 103, 104
sympatry, 165
Tapejara, 64
Tapejaridae, 64
Tapejaroidea, 64
Tarascosaurus, 107
Tarbosaurus, 110
taxonomic rates, 150, 151
Teleosteii, 82, 83, 98, 154
Telmatosaurus, 33, 52, 59, 109, 132, 168, 169, 172, 192
and body size, 128–32, 187, 189
and dentition, 129, 146, 190
and diet, 189
eggs of, 56
and Europe, 171
and Fontllonga hadrosaurid, 174
ghost lineage of, 157, 159
growth and development of, 126, 135, 137, 141, 144, 146, 184
migration of, 182, 183
and Pararhabdodon, 174
and rate of evolutionary change, 159–62
scapulocoracoid of, 3
Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus, 9–10, 9, 16, 49–53, 58, 110
ghost lineage of, 156–57
growth of, 124, 125
source area of, 171
Tendaguru (Tanzania), 133
Tenontosaurus, 44–46, 137, 160, 169, 187
ghost lineage of, 158
growth and development of, 138–40
lower teeth of, 129
and rate of evolutionary change, 160, 161
Tenontosaurus tilletti, 139
Tertiary, 77, 96, 97, 122
Testudinata, 76, 180
Testudines, 76, 77
Tetanurae, 31
Tethyan Ocean, 92, 93
Tethyan region, 93–98
Tethyshadros, 52, 132, 157, 160, 171, 172, 174
Tethyshadros insularis, 108, 172, 173
tetra, blue neon (Paracheirodon simulans), 83
tetrapods, 111, 149
Theria, 78
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