Bibliograph

Dinosaurs, the textbook, Spencer G. Lucas

Type

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Dinosaurs, the textbook, Spencer G. Lucas

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dinosaurs

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

928124193

Responsibility statement

Spencer G. Lucas

Sub title

the textbook

Summary

This book is an introduction to dinosaurs, providing the basic concepts of biology and geology needed to understand dinosaur science--the main taxonomic groups, the origin and extinction of dinosaurs, and dinosaur behavior--as well as a discussion of dinosaurs in popular culture. --, Publisher

Table Of Contents

Evolution, phylogeny, and classification -- Fossils, sedimentary environments, and geologic time -- The origin of dinosaurs -- Theropods -- Sauropodomorphs -- Ornithopods -- Stegosaurs and ankylosaurs -- Ceratopsians and pachycephalosaurs -- The dinosaurian world -- Dinosaur hunters -- Dinosaur trace fossils -- Dinosaur biology and behavior -- Hot-blooded dinosaurs? -- Dinosaurs and the origin of birds -- The extinction of dinosaurs -- Dinosaurs in the public eye

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