The Princeton field guide to dinosaurs
Paul, Gregory S.2017
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Abstract: The best-selling Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs remains the must-have book for anyone who loves dinosaurs, from amateur enthusiasts to professional paleontologists. Pauls extensively revised introduction delves into dinosaur history and biology, the extinction of nonavian dinosaurs, the origin of birds, and the history of dinosaur paleontology, as well as giving a taste of what it might be like to travel back in time to the era when dinosaurs roamed the earth.
Main title:
The Princeton field guide to dinosaurs / Gregory S. Paul.
Author:
Paul, Gregory S., authorCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
2nd edition.
Imprint:
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2016.Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2017.
Collation:
1 online resource (52 entries) : 614 images ; digital files.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: 360 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps
Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Preface; 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: General anatomy; Skin, feathers, and color; Respiration and circulation; Digestive tracts; Senses; Vocalization; Disease and pathologies -- Behavior: Brains, nerves, and intelligence; Social activities; Reproduction -- 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; Baso-Theropods; Avepods; Baso-Avepods; Averostrans; Tetanurans; Avetheropods; Maniraptors; Paravians -- Sauropodomorphs: Prosauropods; Sauropods -- Ornithischians: Baso-Ornithischians; Genasaurs -- Additional reading.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781786841902 (electronic version)9780691167664 (alk. paper)
Dewey class:
567.9
LC class:
QE861.4
Language:
English
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BRN:
501873
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