Description
Book SynopsisThe study of dinosaurs has been experiencing a remarkable renaissance over the past few decades. Scientific understanding of dinosaur anatomy, biology, and evolution has advanced to such a degree that paleontologists often know more about 100-million-year-old dinosaurs than many species of living organisms.
Trade Review“Anyone serious about learning details of dinosaur biology would do no better than to read this book. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty; general readers.” (Choice, 1 November 2012)
“It is up-to-date, well-researched and the topics are perceptively argued or discussed, and I would unhesitatingly recommend it, as ‘start-up’ reading, to my own undergraduates and research students.” (Geological Magazine, 2012)
"This is a reference work of wide-ranging technical expertise that reads like a good piece of science journalism. Forgive the cliché but I couldnt put it down. .....an excellent reference and a quick way to get up to speed on the fascinating and fast-evolving world of dinosaur research."
—J. Bret Bennington Priscum Vol 21, Issue1 (Winter 2014)
Table of ContentsForeword ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Dinosaurs 1
Chapter 2 Hard Tissues 29
Chapter 3 Soft Tissues 65
Chapter 4 Phylogeny 88
Chapter 5 Form 117
Chapter 6 Locomotion and Posture 135
Chapter 7 Feeding and Diet 159
Chapter 8 Reproduction, Growth, and Physiology 191
Chapter 9 Paleoecology and Dwelling 227
Chapter 10 Macroevolution and Extinction 242
References 262
Index 309
Plate section between pp. 130 and 131
