Dinosaurs

The Encyclopedia

Donald F. Glut (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

1088 Seiten

2013
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7222-2 (ISBN)

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Provides the definitive reference work on dinosaurian genera. 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.

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: view all volumes on the series page.

Donald F. Glut is a prolific book and article writer, and movie producer-director. He is the president of Frontline Entertainment and lives in Burbank, California.

Table of Contents

Volume

Acknowledgments

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

Preface

I A Background

The Mesozoic Era

Dinosaur Origins and Relationships

Birds and Dinosaurs

Dinosaur Success

“Warm-Blooded” versus “Cold-Blooded” Dinosaurs

Dinosaur Extinctions

II Dinosaurian Systematics

Explanations of Higher Taxa of the Dinosauria

III Dinosaurian Genera (A–D)

Volume

III Dinosaurian Genera (E–R)

Volume

III Dinosaurian Genera (S–Z)

IV Nomina Nuda

V Excluded Genera      1003

A List of Abbreviations      1011

Glossary      1015

Bibliography      1023

Index      1059

Reihe/Serie	Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia
Zusatzinfo	1,439 photos, glossary, appendices, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Gewicht	2545 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturwissenschaft
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-7864-7222-7 / 0786472227
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-7222-2 / 9780786472222
Zustand	Neuware