a concise natural history Fastovsky, David E. creator Weishampel, David B. text enk Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2012 2nd ed. monographic eng

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xvi, 408 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm. Machine generated contents note: Why a natural history of dinosaurs?; Part I. Reaching Back in Time: 1. To catch a dinosaur; 2. Dinosaur days; 3. Who’s related to whom - and how do we know?; 4. Who are the dinosaurs?; Part II. Ornithischia: Armored, Horned, and Duckbilled Dinosaurs: 5. Thyreophorans: the armor-bearers; 6. Marginocephalia: bumps, bosses, and beaks; 7. Ornithopoda: the tuskers, antelopes and ’mighty ducks’ of the Mesozoic; Part III. Saurischia: Meat, Might, and Magnitude: 8. Sauropodomorpha: the big, the bizarre, and the majestic; 9. Theropoda I: nature red in tooth and claw; 10. Theropoda II: the origin of birds; 11. Theropoda III: early birds; Part IV. Endothermy, Endemism, and Extinction: 12. Dinosaur thermoregulation: some like it hot; 13. The flowering of the Mesozoic; 14. A history of paleontology through ideas; 15. Dinosaurs: in the beginning; 16. The Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction: the frill is gone; Glossary; Index of subjects; Index of genera specialized David E. Fastovsky, David B. Weishampel ; with illustrations by John Sibbick Dinosaurs Dinosaurs Extinction Vertebrates Evolution Paleontology Mesozoic 9781107010796 (hbk.) 1107010799 (hbk.) 9780521282376 (pbk.) 0521282373 (pbk.) UMP 120605 20251125093708.0 vtls000061048