Discovering Dinosaurs: Evolution, Extinction, and the Lessons of PrehistoryExpanded and updated This handsome book addresses the questions of what the fossil record tells us about the evolution and extinction of dinosaurs, what their relationship to the rest of the organic world was, and what we can learn from them about our own place in the history of life on our planet. This edition has been updated throughout, with a new final chapter that details exciting recent discoveries such as the feathered dinosaur fossils in China. ALERT: ONE LINE IS MISSING FROM PAGE XIII OF THIS BOOK. THE COMPLETE LINE SHOULD READ: "We hope that the following pages will introduce you to some of these questions." This error will be corrected in future editions of the book. Expanded and updated This handsome book addresses the questions of what the fossil record tells us about the evolution and extinction of dinosaurs, what their relationship to the rest of the organic world was, and what we can learn from them about our own place in the history of life on our planet. This edition has been updated throughout, with a new final chapter that details exciting recent discoveries such as the feathered dinosaur fossils in China. ALERT: ONE LINE IS MISSING FROM PAGE XIII OF THIS BOOK. THE COMPLETE LINE SHOULD READ: "We hope that the following pages will introduce you to some of these questions." This error will be corrected in future editions of the book. |
Contents
What are dinosaurs? pg | 2 |
How do dinosaurs get their names? pg | 8 |
How many different kinds of dinosaurs are there? pg | 15 |
27 | 47 |
How fast did dinosaurs grow? pg | 55 |
What was the last dinosaur? pg | 61 |
What was the world like during the time of | 70 |
How fast did dinosaurs move? pg 33 | 85 |
Tyrannosaurus rex PG | 114 |
Struthiomimus altus PG | 121 |
Saurornithoides mongoliensis PG | 127 |
Mononykus olecranus PG | 134 |
Ornithischians PGS 142174 | 142 |
Tenontosaurus tilletti PG | 149 |
Anatotitan copei PG | 156 |
Tracks and Eggs PGS 175184 | 175 |
How intelligent were dinosaurs? pg 37 | 91 |
Saurischians PGS 98141 | 98 |
Barosaurus lentus PG | 105 |
The Paluxy River Trackway PG | 181 |
The Medicine Bow Anticline 18971902 PG | 198 |
Common terms and phrases
Alberta Allosaurus American Museum AMNH animals ankylosaurs Apatosaurus Archaeopteryx Barnum Brown Barosaurus behavior body Bone Cabin Quarry brain carnivores carnosaurs Caudipteryx ceratopsian Chasmosaurus claws Coelophysis collected COLLECTOR common ancestor Confuciusornis Corythosaurus crocodiles Deinonychus dinosaur bones dinosaur fossils Diplodocus discovered discovery display dromaeosaurs eggs evidence excavation expeditions extinct dinosaurs feathers FIGURE Flaming Cliffs footprints fossil fossil record frill hadrosaurs Hell Creek herbivores horns Jurassic Lambeosaurus Late Cretaceous Liaoning living lizards LOCALITY mammals maniraptors Mesozoic modern birds Mongolia Mononykus Montana mount Museum of Natural Natural History nests nonavian dinosaurs ORNITHISCHIAN Osborn Oviraptor Pachycephalosaurus paleontologists Paluxy River Peter Kaisen predators Presbyornis preserved primitive probably Protoceratops Ranch rare Red Deer River relatives remains reptiles rocks SAURISCHIAN sauropods Saurornithoides skeleton skin skull species Stegosaurus Sternberg tail teeth Tenontosaurus theropod tracks trackways Triceratops troödontids type of dinosaur type specimen Tyrannosaurus rex Ukhaa Velociraptor vertebrates Western Gobi Wyoming