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Dinosaurs: the textbook

By lucas , Spencer G

Book information

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2016
ISBN
9780231541848, 9780231173100, 9780231173117, 0231173105, 0231173113
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
117 MB (122494400 bytes)
Edition
6th edition
Pages
xxi, 367 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm\392
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

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.;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. --

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