Dinosaurs A Concise Natural History

Name: Dinosaurs A Concise Natural History
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ISBN: 9780521282376

ISBN-10: 0521282373

ISBN-13: 9780521282376

Edition: 2nd 2012

Authors: David E. Fastovsky, David B. Weishampel, John Sibbick

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Emphasizing the logic of science over facts and details, the fundamental concepts of dinosaurs - origins, diversity, behaviour, extinction - are conveyed in concise, lively text with clear illustrations. Hypothesis testing and scientific concepts drive the strong narrative.

Book details

List price: $120.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/27/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.83" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 2.882
Language: English



Why a natural history of dinosaurs?



Reaching Back in Time



To catch a dinosaur



Dinosaur days



Who's related to whom - and how do we know?



Who are the dinosaurs?



Ornithischia: Armored, Horned, and Duckbilled Dinosaurs



Thyreophorans: the armor-bearers



Marginocephalia: bumps, bosses, and beaks



Ornithopoda: the tuskers, antelopes and 'mighty ducks' of the Mesozoic



Saurischia: Meat, Might, and Magnitude



Sauropodomorpha: the big, the bizarre, and the majestic



Theropoda I: nature red in tooth and claw



Theropoda II: the origin of birds



Theropoda III: early birds



Endothermy, Endemism, and Extinction



Dinosaur thermoregulation: some like it hot



The flowering of the Mesozoic



A history of paleontology through ideas



Dinosaurs: in the beginning



The Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction: the frill is gone


Glossary


Index of subjects


Index of genera