| Description |
400 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 31 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
A detailed examination of the world of dinosaurs, their appearance, behavior, and families, describing current theories about their extinction and explaining how paleontologists study their fossilized remains. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1: Dinosaurs. Introduction to dinosaurs -- To study a dinosaur -- Dinosaur origins -- 'Coelurosaurs' -- Ornithomimosaurs and oviraptorosaurs -- Miscellaneous theropods -- Saurornithoidids -- Dromaeosaurids -- 'Carnosaurs' -- Tyrannosaurids -- Prosauropods -- Diplodocids -- Camarasaurids and brachiosaurids -- Miscellaneous sauropods -- Fabrosaurids and heterodontosaurids -- Hypsilophodontids -- Iguanodontids -- Hadrosaurids I -- Hadrosaurids II -- Psittacosaurs and protoceratopids -- Ceratopids I -- Ceratopids II -- Pachycephalosaurs -- Stegosaurids -- Scelidosaurus -- Nodosaurids -- Ankylosaurids -- Controversies -- Geography of finds -- Museums and displays -- pt. 2: Pterosaurs. Introduction to pterosaurs -- The history of fossil finds -- What are pterosaurs? -- Pterosaurs of the Triassic -- Pterosaurs of the Jurassic -- Pterosaurs of the Cretaceous -- Life style -- Extinction of the pterosaurs -- Pterosaur reconstructions -- Other flying vertebrates -- Crocodiles -- Marine reptiles -- Lizards and snakes -- Mammal-like reptiles and mammals -- Systematics and museums. |
| Subject |
Dinosaurs -- Encyclopedias.
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Paleontology.
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Paleontology.
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Dinosaurs. (OCoLC)fst00893996
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Paleontology. (OCoLC)fst01051513
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| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias. (OCoLC)fst01423798
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Encyclopedias.
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| Added Author |
Wellnhofer, Peter.
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Sibbick, John, illustrator.
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| Added Title |
Dinosaurs |
| ISBN |
1840652047 |
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9781840652048 |
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