The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs : : Second Edition / / Gregory S. Paul.

The best-selling Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs remains the must-have book for anyone who loves dinosaurs, from amateur enthusiasts to professional paleontologists. Now extensively revised and expanded, this dazzlingly illustrated large-format edition features some 100 new dinosaur species and 2...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016]
©2017
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:Second
Language:English
Series:Princeton Field Guides ; 110
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Physical Description:1 online resource (360 p.) :; 156 color illus. 8 color maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • History of Discovery and Research
  • What Is a Dinosaur?
  • Dating Dinosaurs
  • The Evolution of Dinosaurs and Their World
  • Extinction
  • After the Age of Dinosaurs
  • Biology
  • Behavior
  • Growth
  • Energetics
  • Gigantism
  • Mesozoic Oxygen
  • The Evolution-and Loss-of Avian Flight
  • Dinosaur Safari
  • If Dinosaurs Had Survived
  • Dinosaur Conservation
  • Where Dinosaurs Are Found
  • Using the Group and Species Descriptions
  • Group and Species Accounts
  • Dinosaurs
  • Theropods
  • Sauropodomorphs
  • Ornithischians
  • Additional Reading
  • Index: Dinosaur Taxa