Dinosaur Behavior : : An Illustrated Guide / / Michael J. Benton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
• VerfasserIn: Benton, Michael J.,
• MitwirkendeR: Nicholls, Bob,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 150 color illus.
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780691254968; 9783110749748
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Michael J. Benton.

A stunningly illustrated guide to these extraordinary creatures from a world-renowned paleontologistPaleobiology has advanced from a speculative subject to a cutting-edge science. Today, researchers are applying the latest forensic technologies to the fossil record, revealing startling new insights into the lives of dinosaurs. This illustrated guide explores the behavior, evolution, physiology, and extinction of dinosaurs, taking readers inside the mysterious world of these marvelous animals. With specially commissioned illustrations by Bob Nicholls, Dinosaur Behavior explains how the dinosaurs lived and courted, fought and fed, signaled and interacted with each other, and much more.Features a wealth of breathtaking illustrations throughoutOffers new perspectives on the prehistoric world inhabited by dinosaursSheds light on how dinosaurs actually looked, how they moved, and how fast they ranExplains the feeding habits of carnivores, herbivores, scavengers, and solitary huntersDiscusses sight, hearing, smell, spatial orientation, and intelligenceBrings to life the social behavior of dinosaurs, from mating and parenting to herd dynamics and migrationTakes readers behind the scenes of the latest, most thrilling discoveries