The Dinosauria, Second EditionDavid B. Weishampel, Peter Dodson, Halszka Osmólska University of California Press, 6.12.2004 - 880 sivua When the The Dinosauria was first published more than a decade ago, it was hailed as "the best scholarly reference work available on dinosaurs" and "an historically unparalleled compendium of information." This second, fully revised edition continues in the same vein as the first but encompasses the recent spectacular discoveries that have continued to revolutionize the field. A state-of-the-science view of current world research, the volume includes comprehensive coverage of dinosaur systematics, reproduction, and life history strategies, biogeography, taphonomy, paleoecology, thermoregulation, and extinction. Its internationally renowned authors—forty-four specialists on the various members of the Dinosauria—contribute definitive descriptions and illustrations of these magnificent Mesozoic beasts. The first section of The Dinosauria begins with the origin of the great clade of these fascinating reptiles, followed by separate coverage of each major dinosaur taxon, including the Mesozoic radiation of birds. The second part of the volume navigates through broad areas of interest. Here we find comprehensive documentation of dinosaur distribution through time and space, discussion of the interface between geology and biology, and the paleoecological inferences that can be made through this link. This new edition will be the benchmark reference for everyone who needs authoritative information on dinosaurs. |
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Dinosaur Distribution and Biology | 515 |
Literature Cited | 685 |
Contributors | 775 |
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Subject Index | 835 |
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antorbital articular articulation Barsbold basal Bonaparte bone braincase Campanian carpal caudal vertebrae centra centrum ceratopsids Ceratosaurus cervical clade coelophysoids coelurosaurs condyle coracoid cranial crest Cretaceous Currie dentary diagnosed digit dinosaurs diplodocoids distal end Dong dorsal vertebrae dromaeosaurids elements elongate femur fenestra foramen forelimb Formation forms fossa fragmentary frontal fused Galton Gilmore hadrosaurids Herrerasaurus hindlimb Huene humerus ilium ischium jugal Jurassic known lacrimal lamina Late lateral view length Maastrichtian mandible mandibular manus margin Maryanska Massospondylus maxilla maxillary medial metacarpal metatarsal nasal neural arch neural spines orbit ornithischians Osmólska osteoderms oviraptorids parietal partial skeletons Partial skull People’s Republic Plateosaurus plates postcrania postcranial skeleton postorbital premaxilla prosauropods proximal pterygoid pubic pubis quadrate quadratojugal ramus ribs ridge rostral sacral sauropods saurus shaft species squamosal Stegosaurus surface suture synapomorphies taxa taxon teeth tetanurans theropods tibia transverse processes trochanter troodontids tyrannosaurids unguals Upchurch ventral vertebrae Weishampel Wilson and Sereno