Dinosaurs : The Textbook

by Lucas, Spencer G.

• ISBN13: 9780697279958
• ISBN10: 0697279952
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-10-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill College

Summary

This text is intended for a one-quarter or one-semester introductory course on dinosaurs. Dinosaurs: The Textbook is a monument to our present understanding of these wonderful creatures. It is a book that will take the student on a journey through nearly every aspect of dinosaur biology, geology, and the history of their discovery. It is a text that presents facts together with current ideas, notions, and controversies. Dr. Lucas presents dinosaurs as successful, living creatures that were merely different in appearance from animals living today. Dr. Lucas has written a comprehensive book that is easily read and understood by students with little scientific background - a book that teaches students not only how to use scientific methods, but how to synthesize data to create their own ideas. In contrast with many dinosaur books from the past, Dr. Lucas, although indicating his own views, allows students the opportunity to think for themselves.

Table of Contents

Dinosaur Hunters

Evolution, Phylogeny, and Classification

Fossils, Sedimentary Environments, and Geologic Time

The Origin of Dinosaurs

Theropods

Sauropodomorphs

Ornithopods

Stegosaurs and Ankylosaurs

Ceratopsians and Pachycephalosaurs

The Dinosaurian World

Dinosaur Trace Fossils

Dinosaur Biology and Behavior

Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs?

The Origin of Birds

Dinosaur Extinction

Dinosaurs in the Public Eye

Primer of Dinosaur Anatomy

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