The Complete Dinosaur
Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 2012.
Format: Book
Edition: Second edition.
Description: xii, 1,112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Praise for the first edition :
"A gift to serious dinosaur enthusiasts" ? Science
"The amount of information in [these] 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 book is useful both as a reference and as a browse-and-enjoy compendium." ? Natural History
What do we know about dinosaurs, and how do we know it? How did dinosaurs grow, move, eat, and reproduce? Were they warm-blooded or cold-blooded? How intelligent were they? How are the various groups of dinosaurs related to each other, and to other kinds of living and extinct vertebrates? What can the study of dinosaurs tell us about the process of evolution? And why did typical dinosaurs become extinct? All of these questions, and more, are addressed in the new, expanded, second edition of The Complete Dinosaur. Written by many of the world's leading experts on the "fearfully great" reptiles, the book's 45 chapters cover what we have learned about dinosaurs, from the earliest discoveries of dinosaurs to the most recent controversies. Where scientific contention exists, the editors have let the experts agree to disagree. Copiously illustrated and accessible to all readers from the enthusiastic amateur to the most learned professional paleontologist, The Complete Dinosaur is a feast for serious dinosaur lovers everywhere.
"A gift to serious dinosaur enthusiasts" ? Science
"The amount of information in [these] 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 book is useful both as a reference and as a browse-and-enjoy compendium." ? Natural History
What do we know about dinosaurs, and how do we know it? How did dinosaurs grow, move, eat, and reproduce? Were they warm-blooded or cold-blooded? How intelligent were they? How are the various groups of dinosaurs related to each other, and to other kinds of living and extinct vertebrates? What can the study of dinosaurs tell us about the process of evolution? And why did typical dinosaurs become extinct? All of these questions, and more, are addressed in the new, expanded, second edition of The Complete Dinosaur. Written by many of the world's leading experts on the "fearfully great" reptiles, the book's 45 chapters cover what we have learned about dinosaurs, from the earliest discoveries of dinosaurs to the most recent controversies. Where scientific contention exists, the editors have let the experts agree to disagree. Copiously illustrated and accessible to all readers from the enthusiastic amateur to the most learned professional paleontologist, The Complete Dinosaur is a feast for serious dinosaur lovers everywhere.
Series: Life of the past.
Contents:
Dinosaurs : the earliest discoveries / David A.E. Spalding and William A.S. Sarjeant -- Politics and paleontology : Richard Owen and the invention of dinosaurs / Hugh S. Torrens -- European dinosaur hunters of the 19th and 20th centuries / Hans-Dieter Sues -- North American dinosaur hunters / Edwin H. Colbert, David D. Gillette, and Ralph E. Molnar -- The search for dinosaurs in Asia / Corwin Sullivan, David W.E. Hone, and Xing Xu -- Dinosaur hunters of the southern continents / Thomas R. Holtz Jr. -- Hunting for dinosaur bones / David D. Gillette -- The osteology of the dinosaurs / Thomas R. Holtz Jr. and M.K. Brett-Surman -- Reconstructing the musculature of dinosaurs / David W. Dilkes ... [et al.] -- Dinosaur paleoneurology / Emily Buchholtz -- The taxonomy and systematics of the dinosaurs / Thomas R. Holtz Jr. and M.K. Brett-Surman -- Dinosaurs and geologic time / James I. Kirkland and James O. Farlow -- Technology and the study of dinosaurs / Ralph E. Chapman ... [et al.] -- Claws, scales, beaks, and feathers : molecular traces in the fossil record / Mary Higby Schweitzer and Mark Marshall -- Dinosaurs as museum exhibits / Kenneth Carpenter -- Restoring dinosaurs as living animals / Douglas Henderson -- Evolution of the archosaurs / J. Michael Parrish -- Origin and early evolution of dinosaurs / Michael J. Benton -- Theropods / Thomas R. Holtz Jr. -- Birds / Darren Naish -- Basal Sauropodomorpha : the "prosauropods" / Adam M. Yates -- Sauropoda / Jeffrey A. Wilson and Kristina Curry Rogers -- Stegosaurs / Peter M. Galton -- Ankylosaurs / Kenneth Carpenter -- Marginocephalia / Peter Makovicky -- Ornithopods / Richard J. Butler and Paul M. Barrett -- Land plants as a source of food and environment in the age of dinosaurs / Bruce H. Tiffney -- What did dinosaurs eat : coprolites and other direct evidence of dinosaur diets / Karen Chin -- Reproductive biology of dinosaurs / Terry D. Jones and Nicholas R. Geist -- Dinosaur eggs / Darla K. Zelenitsky, John R. Horner, and François Therrien -- How dinosaurs grew / R.E.H. Reid (with introductory note by Gregory M. Erickson) -- Engineering a dinosaur / Donald Henderson -- Disease in dinosaurs / Elizabeth Rega -- The scientific study of dinosaur footprints / James O. Farlow ... [et al.] -- The role of heterochrony in dinosaur evolution / Kenneth J. McNamara and John A. Long -- Metabolic physiology of dinosaurs and early birds / John A. Ruben ... [et al.] -- Evidence for avian-mammalian aerobic capacity and thermoregulation in Mesozoic dinosaurs / Gregory S. Paul -- "Intermediate" dinosaurs : the case updated / R.E.H. Reid -- Principles of paleobiogeography in the Mesozoic / Ralph E. Molnar -- Non-dinosaurian vertebrates / Nicholas C. Fraser -- Early Mesozoic continental tetrapods and faunal changes / Hans-Dieter Sues -- Dinosaurian faunas of the later Mesozoic / Matthew T. Carrano -- Dinosaur extinction : past and present perspectives / J. David Archibald -- Life after death : dinosaur fossils in human hands / Daniel J. Chure -- Dinosaurs and evolutionary theory / Kevin Padian and Elizabeth K. Burton.
ISBN:
9780253357014 (cl : alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
ANIMALS Prehistoric Com | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
REF ANIMALS Prehistoric Com | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Reference | Available for in-library use |
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.