| Edition |
Fourth edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 521 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm |
| Note |
Previous edition: 2016. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Part I. Remembrance of things past: To catch a dinosaur ; Dinosaur days ; Who's related to whom: and how do we know? ; Who are the dinosaurs? ; In the beginning -- Part II. Saurischia: meat, might and magnitude: Theropoda I: nature red in tooth and claw ; Theropoda II: meet the theropods ; Theropoda III: the origin and early evolution of birds ; Sauropodomorpha: the big, the bizarre, and the majestic -- Part III. Ornithischia: armored, horned, and duck-billed dinosaurs: Thyreophora: the armor-bearers ; Marginocephalia: bumps, bosses, and beaks ; Ornithopoda: mighty Mesozoic masticators -- Part IV. Endothermy, endemism, and extinction: The paleobiology of dinosaurs I ; The paleobiology of dinosaurs II: dinosaur metabolism: some like it hot ; The flowering of the Mesozoic ; A history of dinosaur paleontology through the ideas of dinosaur paleontologists ; The Cetaceous-Paleogene extinction: the frill is gone. |
| Summary |
"[This work] encourages students to ask questions, assess data critically and think like a scientist. Building on the success of previous editions, Dinosaurs has been reorganized and extensively rewritten in response to instructor and student feedback. This edition has been thoroughly updated to include new discoveries in the field, such as the toothed bird specimens found in China and recent discoveries of dinosaur soft anatomy. Illustrations by leading paleontological illustrator John Sibbick and new, carefully-chosen photographs, clearly show how dinosaurs looked, lived and their role in Earth history. Making science accessible and relevant through clear explanations and extensive illustrations, the text guides students through the dinosaur groups, emphasizing scientific concepts rather than presenting endless facts. Grounded in the common language of modern evolutionary biology - phylogenetic systematics - students learn to think about dinosaurs the way that professional paleontologists do."--Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Dinosaurs.
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Dinosaurs. |
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Dinosaurs -- Research -- History.
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Dinosaurs -- Research. |
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History. |
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Paleontology -- History.
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Fossils -- Collection and preservation.
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Paleontology. |
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Fossils -- Collection and preservation. |
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Dinosauria (extinct superorder) |
| Chronological Term |
From 65 to 230 million years ago |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Author |
Weishampel, David B., 1952- author.
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Sibbick, John, illustrator.
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| Other Form: |
ebook version : 9781108567565 |
| ISBN |
9781108475945 (hardcover) |
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1108475949 (hardcover) |
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9781108469296 (paperback) |
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1108469299 (paperback) |
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9781108567565 (electronic book) |
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9781108667579 (electronic book) |
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