Dinosaurs (book)
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Author | Thomas R. Holtz Jr., Luis Rey |
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Language | English |
Genre | Reference encyclopedia |
Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | 2007 |
Pages | 432 |
ISBN | 978-0-375-82419-7 |
OCLC | 77486015 |
Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages is a book by Dr. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr., with illustrations by Luis Rey. It was published in 2007 by Random House.[1]
Table of contents
- Introduction. The world of dinosaurs
- Chapter 1. History of dinosaur discoveries
- Chapter 2. Rocks and environment
- Chapter 3. Fossils and fossilization
- Chapter 4. Geologic time: how old is that dinosaur, and how do we know?
- Chapter 5. From the field to the museum: finding fossils
- Chapter 6. Bringing dinosaurs to life: the science of dinosaur art
- Chapter 7. Taxonomy: why do dinosaurs have such strange names?
- Chapter 8. Evolution: descent with modification
- Chapter 9. Cladistics: figuring out the dinosaur family tree
- Chapter 10. Evolution of the vertebrates
- Chapter 11. The origin of dinosaurs
- Chapter 12. Saurischians (lizard-hipped dinosaurs)
- Chapter 13. Coelophysoids and Ceratosaurs (primitive meat-eating dinosaurs)
- Chapter 14. Spinosauroids (megalosaurs and the fin-backed fish-eating dinosaurs)
- Chapter 15. Carnosaurs (giant meat-eating dinosaurs)
- Chapter 16. Primitive Coelurosaurs (the first fluffy dinosaurs)
- Chapter 17. Tyrannosauroids (tyrant dinosaurs)
- Chapter 18. Ornithomimosaurs and Alvarezsaurs (ostrich and thumb-clawed dinosaurs)
- Chapter 19. Oviraptorosaurs and Therizinosauroids (egg-thief and sloth dinosaurs)
- Chapter 20. Deinonychosaurs (raptor dinosaurs)
- Chapter 21. Avialians (birds)
- Chapter 22. Prosauropods (primitive long-necked plant-eating dinosaurs)
- Chapter 23. Primitive Sauropods (early giant long-necked dinosaurs)
- Chapter 24. Diplodocoids (whip-tailed giant long-necked dinosaurs)
- Chapter 25. Macronarians (big-nosed giant long-necked dinosaurs)
- Chapter 26. Ornithischians (bird-hipped dinosaurs)
- Chapter 27. Primitive Thyreophorans (early armored dinosaurs)
- Chapter 28. Stegosaurs (plated dinosaurs)
- Chapter 29. Ankylosaurs (tank dinosaurs)
- Chapter 30. Primitive Ornithopods (primitive beaked dinosaurs)
- Chapter 31. Iguanodontians (advanced beaked dinosaurs)
- Chapter 32. Hadrosaurids (duckbilled dinosaurs)
- Chapter 33. Pachycephalosaurs (domeheaded dinosaurs)
- Chapter 34. Primitive Ceratopsians (parrot and frilled dinosaurs)
- Chapter 35. Ceratopsids (horned dinosaurs)
- Chapter 36. Dinosaur eggs and babies
- Chapter 37. Dinosaur behavior: how did dinosaurs act, and how do we know?
- Chapter 38. Dinosaur biology: living, breathing dinosaurs
- Chapter 39. Life in the Triassic Period
- Chapter 40. Life in the Jurassic Period
- Chapter 41. Life in the Cretaceous Period
- Chapter 42. Extinctions: the world of the dinosaurs ends
References
External links
- Supplementary Information to Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages by Thomas R. Holtz, Jr., illustrations by Luis Rey
- Review in School Library Journal, November 21, 2007
- Review in Science News, January 12, 2008
- Listing in "Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students Kâ12: 2008 (Books published in 2007)", National Science Teachers Association
- Parent's Choice Recommendation for Non-Fiction 2008
- Listing in "Science Books for Fun and Learning â Some Recommendations from 2008" in Science magazine
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