The Princeton field guide to dinosaurs /
The best-selling Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs remains the must-have book for anyone who loves dinosaurs, from amateur enthusiasts to professional paleontologists. Now extensively revised and expanded, this dazzlingly illustrated large-format edition features some 100 new dinosaur species and 2...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, Ã2016. |
| Edition: | 2nd edition. |
| Series: | Princeton field guides.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 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 ConservationWhere Dinosaurs Are Found; Using the Group and Species Descriptions; Group and Species Accounts; Dinosaurs; Theropods; Sauropodomorphs; Ornithischians; Additional Reading; Index: Dinosaur Taxa; Formations.