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Complete dinosaur / [edited by] M. K. Brett-Surman, Thomas R. Holtz Jr., and James O. Farlow.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Life of the pastPublication details: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, c2012.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xii, 1112 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780253357014 (cl : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 567.9 23 B845
Contents:
Part 1: The Discovery of Donosaurs 1. Dinosaurs : the earliest discoveries / David A.E. Spalding and William A.S. Sarjeant -- 2. Politics and paleontology : Richard Owen and the invention of dinosaurs / Hugh S. Torrens -- 3. European dinosaur hunters of the 19th and 20th centuries / Hans-Dieter Sues -- 4. North American dinosaur hunters / Edwin H. Colbert, David D. Gillette, and Ralph E. Molnar -- 5. The search for dinosaurs in Asia / Corwin Sullivan, David W.E. Hone, and Xing Xu -- 6. Dinosaur hunters of the southern continents / Thomas R. Holtz Jr. -- Part 2: The Study of Dinosaurs 7. Hunting for dinosaur bones / David D. Gillette -- 8. The osteology of the dinosaurs / Thomas R. Holtz Jr. and M.K. Brett-Surman -- 9. Reconstructing the musculature of dinosaurs / David W. Dilkes ... [et al.] -- 10. Dinosaur paleoneurology / Emily Buchholtz -- 11. The taxonomy and systematics of the dinosaurs / Thomas R. Holtz Jr. and M.K. Brett-Surman -- 12. Dinosaurs and geologic time / James I. Kirkland and James O. Farlow -- 13. Technology and the study of dinosaurs / Ralph E. Chapman ... [et al.] -- 14. Claws, scales, beaks, and feathers : molecular traces in the fossil record / Mary Higby Schweitzer and Mark Marshall -- 15. Dinosaurs as museum exhibits / Kenneth Carpenter -- 16. Restoring dinosaurs as living animals / Douglas Henderson -- Part 3: The Clades of Dinosaurs 17. Evolution of the archosaurs / J. Michael Parrish -- 18. Origin and early evolution of dinosaurs / Michael J. Benton -- 19. Theropods / Thomas R. Holtz Jr. -- 20. Birds / Darren Naish -- 21. Basal Sauropodomorpha : the "prosauropods" / Adam M. Yates -- 22. Sauropoda / Jeffrey A. Wilson and Kristina Curry Rogers -- 23. Stegosaurs / Peter M. Galton -- 24. Ankylosaurs / Kenneth Carpenter -- 25. Marginocephalia / Peter Makovicky -- 26. Ornithopods / Richard J. Butler and Paul M. Barrett -- Part 4: Paleobiology of the Dinosaurs 27. Land plants as a source of food and environment in the age of dinosaurs / Bruce H. Tiffney -- 28. What did dinosaurs eat : coprolites and other direct evidence of dinosaur diets / Karen Chin -- 29. Reproductive biology of dinosaurs / Terry D. Jones and Nicholas R. Geist -- 30. Dinosaur eggs / Darla K. Zelenitsky, John R. Horner, and François Therrien -- 31. How dinosaurs grew / R.E.H. Reid (with introductory note by Gregory M. Erickson) -- 32. Engineering a dinosaur / Donald Henderson -- 33. Disease in dinosaurs / Elizabeth Rega -- 34. The scientific study of dinosaur footprints / James O. Farlow ... [et al.] -- 35. The role of heterochrony in dinosaur evolution / Kenneth J. McNamara and John A. Long -- 36. Metabolic physiology of dinosaurs and early birds / John A. Ruben ... [et al.] -- 37. Evidence for avian-mammalian aerobic capacity and thermoregulation in Mesozoic dinosaurs / Gregory S. Paul -- 38. "Intermediate" dinosaurs : the case updated / R.E.H. Reid -- Part 5: Dinosaur Evolution in the Mesozoic 39. Principles of paleobiogeography in the Mesozoic / Ralph E. Molnar -- 40. Non-dinosaurian vertebrates / Nicholas C. Fraser -- 41. Early Mesozoic continental tetrapods and faunal changes / Hans-Dieter Sues -- 42. Dinosaurian faunas of the later Mesozoic / Matthew T. Carrano -- 43. Dinosaur extinction : past and present perspectives / J. David Archibald -- 44. Life after death : dinosaur fossils in human hands / Daniel J. Chure -- 45. Dinosaurs and evolutionary theory / Kevin Padian and Elizabeth K. Burton.
Summary: The most thorough and up -to -date survey of dinosaurs available.
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Includes index.

Part 1: The Discovery of Donosaurs
1. Dinosaurs : the earliest discoveries / David A.E. Spalding and William A.S. Sarjeant --
2. Politics and paleontology : Richard Owen and the invention of dinosaurs / Hugh S. Torrens --
3. European dinosaur hunters of the 19th and 20th centuries / Hans-Dieter Sues --
4. North American dinosaur hunters / Edwin H. Colbert, David D. Gillette, and Ralph E. Molnar --
5. The search for dinosaurs in Asia / Corwin Sullivan, David W.E. Hone, and Xing Xu --
6. Dinosaur hunters of the southern continents / Thomas R. Holtz Jr. --

Part 2: The Study of Dinosaurs
7. Hunting for dinosaur bones / David D. Gillette --
8. The osteology of the dinosaurs / Thomas R. Holtz Jr. and M.K. Brett-Surman --
9. Reconstructing the musculature of dinosaurs / David W. Dilkes ... [et al.] --
10. Dinosaur paleoneurology / Emily Buchholtz --
11. The taxonomy and systematics of the dinosaurs / Thomas R. Holtz Jr. and M.K. Brett-Surman --
12. Dinosaurs and geologic time / James I. Kirkland and James O. Farlow --
13. Technology and the study of dinosaurs / Ralph E. Chapman ... [et al.] --
14. Claws, scales, beaks, and feathers : molecular traces in the fossil record / Mary Higby Schweitzer and Mark Marshall --
15. Dinosaurs as museum exhibits / Kenneth Carpenter --
16. Restoring dinosaurs as living animals / Douglas Henderson --

Part 3: The Clades of Dinosaurs
17. Evolution of the archosaurs / J. Michael Parrish --
18. Origin and early evolution of dinosaurs / Michael J. Benton --
19. Theropods / Thomas R. Holtz Jr. --
20. Birds / Darren Naish --
21. Basal Sauropodomorpha : the "prosauropods" / Adam M. Yates --
22. Sauropoda / Jeffrey A. Wilson and Kristina Curry Rogers --
23. Stegosaurs / Peter M. Galton --
24. Ankylosaurs / Kenneth Carpenter --
25. Marginocephalia / Peter Makovicky --
26. Ornithopods / Richard J. Butler and Paul M. Barrett --

Part 4: Paleobiology of the Dinosaurs
27. Land plants as a source of food and environment in the age of dinosaurs / Bruce H. Tiffney --
28. What did dinosaurs eat : coprolites and other direct evidence of dinosaur diets / Karen Chin --
29. Reproductive biology of dinosaurs / Terry D. Jones and Nicholas R. Geist --
30. Dinosaur eggs / Darla K. Zelenitsky, John R. Horner, and François Therrien --
31. How dinosaurs grew / R.E.H. Reid (with introductory note by Gregory M. Erickson) --
32. Engineering a dinosaur / Donald Henderson --
33. Disease in dinosaurs / Elizabeth Rega --
34. The scientific study of dinosaur footprints / James O. Farlow ... [et al.] --
35. The role of heterochrony in dinosaur evolution / Kenneth J. McNamara and John A. Long --
36. Metabolic physiology of dinosaurs and early birds / John A. Ruben ... [et al.] --
37. Evidence for avian-mammalian aerobic capacity and thermoregulation in Mesozoic dinosaurs / Gregory S. Paul --
38. "Intermediate" dinosaurs : the case updated / R.E.H. Reid --

Part 5: Dinosaur Evolution in the Mesozoic
39. Principles of paleobiogeography in the Mesozoic / Ralph E. Molnar --
40. Non-dinosaurian vertebrates / Nicholas C. Fraser --
41. Early Mesozoic continental tetrapods and faunal changes / Hans-Dieter Sues --
42. Dinosaurian faunas of the later Mesozoic / Matthew T. Carrano --
43. Dinosaur extinction : past and present perspectives / J. David Archibald --
44. Life after death : dinosaur fossils in human hands / Daniel J. Chure --
45. Dinosaurs and evolutionary theory / Kevin Padian and Elizabeth K. Burton.

The most thorough and up -to -date survey of dinosaurs available.

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