| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 367 pages) |
| Contents |
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 |
| 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. -- Publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 19, 2016) |
| Subject |
Dinosaurs -- Textbooks
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NATURE -- Fossils.
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Dinosaurs
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2015048842 |
| ISBN |
9780231541848 |
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0231541848 |
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9780241282380 |
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0241282381 |
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9780241285626 |
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0241285623 |
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