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9780780807242

The Handy Dinosaur Answer Book

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  • ISBN13:

    9780780807242

  • ISBN10:

    0780807243

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-11-01
  • Publisher: Pgw
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION xi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
DINOSAUR TIMELINE xv
IN THE BEGINNING 1(34)
The Birth of the Solar System
Early Earth
The Beginnings of Life
FORMING FOSSILS 35(30)
Geologic Time
First Fossils
More Recent Fossils
Dinosaur Fossils
EVOLUTION OF THE DINOSAURS 65(26)
Classifying Animals
Evolving Ideas about Evolution
Dinosaur Ancestors
Dinosaurs Appear
Dinosaurs in the Mesozoic
TRIASSIC PERIOD 91(28)
The Continents During the Triassic Period
Major Triassic Dinosaurs
Other Life in the Triassic Period
JURASSIC PERIOD 119(32)
The Continents During the Jurassic Period
Major Jurassic Dinosaurs
Saurischian Dinosaurs
Ornithischian Dinosaurs
General Jurassic Dinosaur Facts
Other Life in the Jurassic Period
CRETACEOUS PERIOD 151(36)
The Continents During the Cretaceous Period
Major Cretaceous Dinosaurs
Saurischian Dinosaurs
Ornithischian Dinosaurs
General Cretaceous Dinosaur Facts
Other Life in the Cretaceous Period
DINOSAUR BONES 187(28)
Growing Bones
Building Dinosaur Skeletons
Abnormal Dinosaur Bones
Specific Dinosaurs and Their Bones
DINOSAUR ANATOMY 215(28)
Dinosaur Skin
Teeth and Claws
Dinosaur Metabolism
Size of Dinosaurs
DINOSAUR BEHAVIOR 243(32)
Dinosaur Delicacies
Dinosaurs in Motion
Dinosaur Young
Older Dinosaurs
WHAT HAPPENED? 275(26)
The Cretaceous Extinction
Some Theories of Dinosaur Extinction
The Impact Theory
Still Other Theories
AFTER THE DINOSAURS 301(30)
What Survived?
Modern Birds
The Link Between Birds and Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs Around Us?
The Search for the Missing Link
U.S. DINOSAUR DISCOVERIES 331(16)
Early U.S. Dinosaur History
Recent Dinosaur Finds
INTERNATIONAL DINOSAUR DISCOVERIES 347(22)
Early Dinosaur History Outside the United States
Recent Finds
Asia
Australia
Polar Regions
Europe
South America
Africa
DIGGING FOR DINOSAURS 369(24)
Finding Dinosaur Fossils
Putting Dinosaurs Together
Getting Educated
LEARNING MORE 393(46)
Resources
Media Sources
Dinosaurs on the Internet
DINOSAUR RESOURCES 439(44)
BIBLIOGRAPHY 483(2)
INDEX 485

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