The Complete DinosaurJames Orville Farlow, M. K. Brett-Surman ... a gift to serious dinosaur enthusiasts... a highly successful volume. -- Science The book is useful both as a reference and as a browse-and-enjoy compendium... -- Natural History The amount of information in just 750 pages is amazing. This book should be on the shelves of dinosaur freaks as well as those who need to know more about the paleobiology of extinct animals. It will be an invaluable library reference. -- American Reference Books Annual An excellent encyclopedia that serves as a nice bridge between popular and scholarly dinosaur literature. -- Library Journal (starred review) ... copiously illustrated and scrupulously up-to-date... the book reveals dinos through the fractious fields that make a study of them. -- Publishers Weekly ... stimulating armchair company for cold winter evenings... Best of all, the book treats dinosaurs as intellectual fun. -- New Scientist The single most authoritative account of dinosaur paleontology for the general public, all in one volume. Sumptuously illustrated, with up-to-the-minute information. More than 350 illustrations, including 16 pages in full color Each chapter written by an expert in dinosaur studies Includes the latest dinosaur discoveries New information on the warm-blooded/cold-blooded debate New insights on the possibility of isolating dinosaur DNA What dinosaurs ate -- and how we know about it Dinosaurs in the media A time-line of the history of dinosaur science And much, much more! |
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Contents
The Discovery of Dinosaurs | 1 |
The Earliest Discoveries William A S Sarjeant | 3 |
European Dinosaur Hunters HansDieter Sues | 12 |
North American Dinosaur Hunters Edwin H Colbert | 24 |
Asian Dinosaur Hunters John R Lavas | 34 |
Dinosaur Hunters of the Southern Continents Thomas R Holtz Jr | 43 |
The Study of Dinosaurs 6 Hunting for Dinosaur Bones David D Gillette | 64 |
K BrettSurman | 78 |
Marginocephalians Catherine A Forster and Paul C Sereno | 317 |
Ornithopods M K BrettSurman | 330 |
Biology of the Dinosaurs | 347 |
What Did Dinosaurs Eat? Coprolites and Other Direct Evidence | 371 |
Dinosaur Combat and Courtship Scott Sampson | 383 |
Dinosaur Eggs Karl F Hirsch and Darla K Zelenitsky | 394 |
How Dinosaurs Grew R E H Reid | 403 |
Engineering a Dinosaur R McNeill Alexander | 414 |
The Taxonomy and Systematics of the Dinosaurs Thomas R Holtz Jr and M K BrettSurman | 92 |
Dinosaurs and Geologic Time James O Farlow | 107 |
Technology and the Study of Dinosaurs Ralph E Chapman | 112 |
Rationale and Techniques for the Study of Ancient Biomolecules Mary Higby Schweitzer | 136 |
Dinosaurs as Museum Exhibits Kenneth Carpenter | 150 |
Restoring Dinosaurs as Living Animals Douglas Henderson | 165 |
The Groups of Dinosaurs | 173 |
Richard Owen and the Invention of Dinosaurs Hugh Torrens | 175 |
Evolution of the Archosaurs J Michael Parrish | 191 |
Origin and Early Evolution of Dinosaurs Michael J Benton | 204 |
Theropods Philip J Currie | 216 |
Segnosaurs Therizinosaurs Teresa Maryańska | 234 |
Prosauropods Jacques VanHeerden | 242 |
Sauropods John S McIntosh M K BrettSurman and James O Farlow | 264 |
Stegosaurs Peter M Galton | 291 |
Ankylosaurs Kenneth Carpenter | 308 |
Dinosaurian Paleopathology Bruce M Rothschild | 426 |
The Case for Intermediate Dinosaurs | 449 |
Oxygen Isotopes in Dinosaur Bone Reese E Barrick Michael | 474 |
Modeling the Physiology of Large Dinosaurs | 491 |
New Insights into the Metabolic Physiology of Dinosaurs John Ruben | 505 |
The Scientific Study of Dinosaur Footprints James O Farlow | 519 |
The Paleoecological and Paleoenvironmental Utility of Dinosaur Tracks | 554 |
Dinosaur Evolution in the Changing | 579 |
Major Groups of NonDinosaurian Vertebrates of the Mesozoic Era | 607 |
Continental Tetrapods of the Early Mesozoic HansDieter Sues | 627 |
Dinosaurian Faunas of the Later Mesozoic Dale A Russell | 644 |
A Dialogue between a Catastrophist | 662 |
Dinosaurs and the Media Donald F Glut and M K BrettSurman | 675 |
Glossary | 721 |
Contributors | 731 |
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References to this book
Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction Kenneth Carpenter Limited preview - 1999 |
Why Elephants Have Big Ears: And Other Riddles from the Natural World Chris Lavers No preview available - 2002 |