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This book is an introduction to dinosaurs, providing the basic concepts of biology and geology needed to understand dinosaur science--the main taxonomic groups, the origin and extinction of dinosaurs, and dinosaur behavior--as well as a discussion of dinosaurs in popular culture. --

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lucas, Spencer G. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Edición:Sixth edition.
Temas:
Dinosaurs > Textbooks.
NATURE > Fossils.
Dinosaurs
Textbooks
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS IN BRIEF
  • CONTENTS IN DETAIL
  • BOXED READINGS
  • PREFACE
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY, AND CLASSIFICATION
  • 3. FOSSILS, SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS, AND GEOLOGIC TIME
  • 4. THE ORIGIN OF DINOSAURS
  • 5. THEROPODS
  • 6. SAUROPODOMORPHS
  • 7. ORNITHOPODS
  • 8. STEGOSAURS AND ANKYLOSAURS
  • 9. CERATOPSIANS AND PACHYCEPHALOSAURS
  • 10. THE DINOSAURIAN WORLD
  • 11. DINOSAUR HUNTERS
  • 12. DINOSAUR TRACE FOSSILS
  • 13. DINOSAUR BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR
  • 14. HOT-BLOODED DINOSAURS?
  • 15. DINOSAURS AND THE ORIGIN OF BIRDS
  • 16. THE EXTINCTION OF DINOSAURS
  • 17. DINOSAURS IN THE PUBLIC EYE
  • APPENDIX A. PRIMER OF DINOSAUR ANATOMY
  • GLOSSARY
  • A DINOSAUR DICTIONARY
  • INDEX.

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