| Edition |
Sixth edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 367 pages) |
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text file PDF |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Dinosaurs -- Textbooks.
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Dinosaurs. |
| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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Electronic books.
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Textbooks.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lucas, Spencer G. Dinosaurs. Sixth edition. New York : Columbia University Press, [2016] 9780231173100 (DLC) 2015044367 |
| ISBN |
9780231541848 (electronic book) |
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0231541848 (electronic book) |
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9780241282380 (electronic book) |
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0241282381 (electronic book) |
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9780241285626 (electronic book) |
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0241285623 (electronic book) |
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9780231173100 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.7312/luca17310 |
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