The Princeton field guide to dinosaurs
Gregory S. Paul (Author)
The best-selling Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs remains the must-have book for anyone who loves dinosaurs, from amateur enthusiasts to professional paleontologists. Now extensively revised and expanded, this dazzlingly illustrated large-format edition features some 100 new dinosaur species and 200 new and updated illustrations, bringing readers
eBook, English, 2017
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Princeton University Press, Credo Reference, Princeton, New Jersey, Boston, Massachusetts, 2017
1 online resource (52 entries) : 614 images
9781786841902, 1786841908
985402380
Print version:
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Preface; History of discovery and research; What is a dinosaur? Dating dinosaurs; The evolution of dinosaurs and their world; Extinction; After the age of dinosaurs
Biology: General anatomy; Skin, feathers, and color; Respiration and circulation; Digestive tracts; Senses; Vocalization; Disease and pathologies
Behavior: Brains, nerves, and intelligence; Social activities; Reproduction
Growth
Energetics
Gigantism
Mesozoic oxygen
The evolution
and loss
of avian flight
Dinosaur safari
If dinosaurs had survived
Dinosaur conservation
Where dinosaurs are found: Using the group and species descriptions
Group and species accounts: Dinosaurs: Theropods; Baso-Theropods; Avepods; Baso-Avepods; Averostrans; Tetanurans; Avetheropods; Maniraptors; Paravians
Sauropodomorphs: Prosauropods; Sauropods
Ornithischians: Baso-Ornithischians; Genasaurs
Additional reading