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Dinosaurs : the textbook / Spencer G. Lucas.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2016.Edition: 6th edDescription: xxi, 367 p. : illustrations, maps ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780231173117
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 567.9 23 L933
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Evolution, Phylogeny, and classification -- 3. Fossils, Sedimentary EnviroTenments, 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.
Summary: 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. --
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction --
2. Evolution, Phylogeny, and classification --
3. Fossils, Sedimentary EnviroTenments, 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.

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. --

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