Dinosaurs

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7864-7222-2
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 1088 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 217 mm x 284 mm, Gewicht: 2572 g

For the layperson and the paleontologist, this is the definitive reference work on dinosaurian genera. Section I provides a thorough history of fieldwork, laboratory studies and paleontological research, and outlines several of the scientific theories of dinosaur extinction. Section II provides dinosaurian systematics toward the end of organizing the various taxa into a convenient and workable order. Section III is an alphabetically arranged compilation of dinosaurian genera. Section IV details the doubtful genera that have appeared in the paleontological literature. Section V lists ""excluded genera,"" or taxa that had been previously regarded as dinosaurian. This heavily illustrated volume contains many depictions of life models constructed by experts in vertebrate paleontology restoration and based on the original fossil material. Supplemental volumes do not repeat information from earlier volumes, but build upon them.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glut, Donald F.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1

Acknowledgments v

Foreword, by Michael K. Brett-Surman, Ph.D. vii

Preface xi

I A Background 1

The Mesozoic Era 6

Dinosaur Origins and Relationships 18

Birds and Dinosaurs 20

Dinosaur Success 22

"Warm-Blooded" versus "Cold-Blooded" Dinosaurs 23

Dinosaur Extinctions 29

II Dinosaurian Systematics 35

Explanations of Higher Taxa of the Dinosauria

III Dinosaurian Genera (A-D) 75

Volume 2

III Dinosaurian Genera (E-R) 382

Volume 3

III Dinosaurian Genera (S-Z) 777

IV Nomina Nuda 995

V Excluded Genera 1003

A List of Abbreviations 1011

Glossary 1015

Bibliography 1023

Index 1059

Über Autor(innen)

Donald F. Glut is a prolific book and article writer, and movie producer-director. Among his many works is the award-winning Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia and its supplements. He is the president of Frontline Entertainment and lives in Burbank, California.