| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 861 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Previous edition: 1990. |
| Summary |
Revised to encompass all the latest discoveries, 'The Dinosauria' includes coverage of dinosaur systematics reproduction, life history strategies, biogeography, taphonomy paleoecology, thermoregulation & extinction. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Origin and relationships of Dinosauria / Michael J. Benton -- Basal Saurischia / Max C. Langer -- Ceratosauria / Ronald S. Tykoski and Timothy Rowe -- Basal Tetanurae / Thomas R. Holtz Jr., Ralph E. Molnar and Philip J. Currie -- Tyrannosauroidea / Thomas R. Holtz Jr. -- Ornithomimosauria / Peter J. Makovicky, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi and Philip J. Currie -- Therizinosauroidea / James M. Clark, Teresa Maryańska and Rinchen Barsbold -- Oviraptorosauria / Halszka Osmólska, Philip J. Currie and Rinchen Barsbold -- Troodontidae / Peter J. Makovicky and Mark A. Norell -- Dromaeosauridae / Mark A. Norell and Peter J. Makovicky -- Basal Avialae / Kevin Padian -- Prosauropoda / Peter M. Galton and Paul Upchurch -- Sauropoda / Paul Upchurch, Paul M. Barrett and Peter Dodson -- Basal Ornithischia / David B. Norman, Lawrence M. Witmer and David B. Weishampel -- Basal Thyreophora / David B. Norman, Lawrence M. Witmer and David B. Weishampel -- Stegosauria / Peter M. Galton and Paul Upchurch -- Ankylosauria / Matthew K. Vickaryous, Teresa Maryańska and David B. Weishampel -- Basal Ornithopoda / David B. Norman [and others] -- Basal Iguanodontia / David B. Norman -- Hadrosauridae / John R. Horner, David B. Weishampel and Catherine A. Forster -- Pachycephalosauria / Teresa Maryańska, Ralph E. Chapman and David B. Weishampel -- Basal Ceratopsia / You Hailu and Peter Dodson -- Ceratopsidae / Peter Dodson, Catherine A. Forster and Scott D. Sampson -- Dinosaur distribution / David B. Weishampel [and others] -- Dinosaur taphonomy / Anthony R. Fiorillo and David A. Eberth. |
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Dinosaur paleoecology / David E. Fastovsky and Joshua B. Smith -- Mesozoic biogeography of Dinosauria / Thomas R. Holtz Jr., Ralph E. Chapman and Matthew C. Lamanna -- Physiology of nonavian dinosaurs / Anusuya Chinsamy and Willem J. Hillenius -- Dinosaur physiology / Kevin Padian and John R. Horner -- Dinosaur extinction / J. David Archibald and David E. Fastovsky. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Dinosaurs.
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Dinosaurs. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Weishampel, David B., 1952-
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Dodson, Peter.
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Osmólska, Halszka.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dinosauria. 2nd ed. Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2004 9780520941434 |
| ISBN |
9780520941434 (electronic book) |
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0520941438 (electronic book) |
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