The Complete Book of Dinosaurs The ultimate reference to 355 dinosaurs from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, including more than 900 illustrations, maps, timelines and photographs

by Dixon, Dougal

• ISBN13: 9781780190372
• ISBN10: 1780190379
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-16
• Publisher: Southwater

Summary

The ultimate reference guide to over 355 of the world's best-known dinosaurs, from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
The Age of Dinosaurs	p. 8
The Geological Timescale	p. 10
Early Evolution	p. 12
Dinosaur Classification	p. 18
Theropods	p. 20
Sauropods and Prosauropods	p. 22
Ornithopods	p. 24
Armoured Dinosaurs	p. 26
Coprolites and Diet	p. 28
Dinosaur Footprints	p. 30
Dinosaur Eggs	p. 32
Dinosaur Babies and Family Life	p. 34
Death and Taphonomy	p. 36
Deserts and Arid Habitats	p. 38
Oases and Desert Streams	p. 40
Calm Lagoons	p. 42
Riparian Forests	p. 44
Lake Environments	p. 46
Wetlands	p. 48
Swamp Forests	p. 50
Open Plains	p. 52
Shorelines and Islands	p. 54
Mountains	p. 56
Extinction	p. 58
The Fossilization Process	p. 60
Excavation in the Field	p. 62
The Palaeontologists	p. 64
The World of Dinosaurs	p. 66
The Triassic Period	p. 68
Placodonts	p. 70
Ichthyosaurs	p. 72
Nothosaurs	p. 74
Pterosaurs	p. 76
Early Meat-eaters	p. 78
Lithe Meat-eaters	p. 80
Coelophysids	p. 82
Primitive Sauropodomorphs	p. 84
True Prosauropods	p. 86
More Prosauropods	p. 88
Herbivorous Miscellany	p. 90
The Jurassic Period	p. 92
Ichthyosaurs	p. 94
Plesiosaurs	p. 96
Pterosaurs	p. 98
Coelophysid Meat-eaters	p. 100
Diversifying Meat-eaters	p. 102
The Late Prosauropods	p. 104
Primitive Sauropods	p. 106
Little Ornithopods	p. 108
Primitive Armoured Dinosaurs	p. 110
Megalosaurus and its Clones	p. 112
Theropods	p. 114
The Sauropods of Dashanpu Quarry, China	p. 116
Cetiosaurs	p. 118
Ornithopods	p. 120
Early Thyreophorans	p. 122
Plesiosaurs	p. 124
Rhamphorhynchoid Pterosaurs	p. 126
Pteradactyloid Pterosaurs	p. 128
Morrison Formation Meat-eaters	p. 130
Theropods of Cleveland-Lloyd	p. 132
The Cretaceous Period	p. 148
Pterosaurs	p. 150
Big Pterosaurs	p. 152
Early Cretaceous Carnosaurs	p. 154
Medium-size Theropod Meat-eaters	p. 156
Little Feathered Dinosaurs	p. 158
Fast Hunters	p. 160
Spinosaurids	p. 162
Late Diplodocids and Brachiosaurids	p. 164
Titanosaurids - the New Giants	p. 166
Hypsilophodonts and Iguanodonts	p. 168
Iguanodonts	p. 170
Polacanthids and Other Early Ankylosaurs	p. 172
Early Hornheads	p. 174
Mosasaurs	p. 176
Plesiosaurs	p. 178
Giant Pterosaurs	p. 180
Basic Abelisaurids	p. 182
Advanced Abelisaurids	p. 184
Sundry Theropods	p. 186
Troodonts	p. 188
Ornithomimids	p. 190
Advanced Ornithomimids	p. 192
Oviraptorids	p. 194
Therizinosaurids	p. 196
Alvarezsaurids	p. 198
Dromaeosaurids	p. 200
Tyrannosaurids	p. 202
The Last Tyrannosaurids	p. 204
Big Titanosaurids	p. 206
Miscellaneous Titanosaurids	p. 208
More Miscellaneous Titanosaurids	p. 210
Small Ornithopods	p. 212
The Iguanodontid-Hadrosaurid Connection	p. 214
Lambeosaurine Hadrosaurids	p. 216
More Lambeosaurine Hadrosaurids	p. 218
Crested Hadrosaurine Hadrosaurids	p. 220
More Crested Hadrosaurines	p. 222
Flat-headed Hadrosaurines	p. 224
Boneheads	p. 226
Late Boneheads	p. 228
Primitive Asian Ceratopsians	p. 230
New World Primitive Ceratopsians	p. 232
Short-frilled Ceratopsids	p. 234
Centrosaurines	p. 236
Chasmosaurinae	p. 238
More Chasmosaurines	p. 240
Nodosaurids	p. 242
More Nodosaurids	p. 244
Big Ankylosaurids	p. 246
The Last Ankylosaurids	p. 248
Glossary	p. 250
Index	p. 252
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