This lavishly illustrated volume is the first authoritative dinosaur book in the style of a field guide. World-renowned dinosaur illustrator and researcher Gregory Paul provides comprehensive visual and textual coverage of the great Mesozoic animals that gave rise to the living dinosaurs, the birds. Incorporating the new discoveries and research that are radically transforming what we know about dinosaurs, this book is distinguished both by its scientific accuracy and the quality and quantity of its illustrations. It presents thorough descriptions of more than 735 dinosaur species and features more than 600 color and black-and-white images, including unique skeletal drawings, ''life'' studies, and scenic views--illustrations that depict the full range of dinosaurs, from small, feathered creatures to whale-sized supersauropods.
Heavily illustrated species accounts of the major dinosaur groups are preceded by an extensive introduction that covers dinosaur history and biology, the extinction of nonavian dinosaurs, the origin of birds, and the history of dinosaur paleontology--and that also gives a taste of what it might be like to travel back to the time of the dinosaurs.
The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs is a must-have for anyone who loves dinosaurs, from the amateur enthusiast to the professional paleontologist.
- The first authoritative field guide to dinosaurs
- Covers more than 735 species
- Beautiful, large-format volume
- Lavishly illustrated throughout, with more than 600 color and black-and-white drawings and figures, including:
- More than 130 color life studies, including scenic views
- Close to 450 skeletal, skull, head, and muscle drawings
- 8 color paleo-distribution maps
- Color timeline
- Describes anatomy, physiology, locomotion, reproduction, and growth of dinosaurs, as well as the origin of birds and the extinction of nonavian dinosaurs
Author(s): Gregory S. Paul
Series: Princeton Field Guides
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 321
Tags: Горно-геологическая отрасль;Историческая геология, палеонтология, стратиграфия;Палеозоология;
COVER......Page 1
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 7
INTRODUCTION......Page 8
HISTORY OFDISCOVERY AND RESEARCH......Page 10
WHAT IS A DINOSAUR?......Page 14
DATING DINOSAURS......Page 15
THE EVOLUTION OF DINOSAURS AND THEIR WORLD......Page 16
EXTINCTION......Page 24
General Anatomy......Page 25
Skin, Feathers, and Color......Page 33
Respiration and Circulation......Page 34
Digestive Tracts......Page 36
Senses......Page 37
Disease and Pathologies......Page 38
Social Activities......Page 39
Reproduction......Page 40
GROWTH......Page 45
ENERGETICS......Page 47
GIGANTISM......Page 49
MESOZOIC OXYGEN......Page 52
THE EVOLUTION—AND LOSS—OF AVIAN FLIGHT......Page 53
DINOSAUR SAFARI......Page 54
DINOSAUR CONSERVATION......Page 55
WHERE DINOSAURS ARE FOUND......Page 56
USING THE GROUP AND SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS......Page 62
THEROPODS......Page 68
HERRERASAURS......Page 69
COELOPHYSOIDS......Page 72
ABELISAUROIDS......Page 78
ABELISAURIDS......Page 79
NOASAURIDS......Page 82
AVEROSTRANS......Page 83
ELAPHROSAURS......Page 84
CERATOSAURS......Page 85
BASO-TETANURANS......Page 86
MEGALOSAURS......Page 87
SPINOSAURS......Page 88
BASO-AVETHEROPODS......Page 90
CARNOSAURS......Page 91
ALLOSAUROIDS......Page 92
BASO-TYRANNOSAUROIDS......Page 100
DERIVED TYRANNOSAURS......Page 102
TYRANNOSAURIDS......Page 103
BASO-ORNITHOMIMOSAURS......Page 112
ORNITHOMIMIDS......Page 113
COMPSOGNATHIDS......Page 118
MANIRAPTOR MISCELLANEA......Page 124
AVEPECTORANS......Page 128
PROSAUROPODS......Page 163
VULCANODONTS......Page 172
EUSAUROPODS......Page 173
CETIOSAURS......Page 174
EUHELOPIDS AND MAMENCHISAURIDS......Page 179
TURIASAURS......Page 185
REBBACHISAURIDS......Page 186
DICRAEOSAURIDS......Page 188
DIPLODOCINES......Page 190
APATOSAURINES......Page 193
MACRONARIAN MISCELLANEA......Page 195
CAMARASAURIDS......Page 197
TITANOSAURIFORM MISCELLANEA......Page 200
BRACHIOSAURIDS......Page 201
BASO-ORNITHISCHIANS......Page 215
THYREOPHORANS......Page 216
SCELIDOSAURS......Page 217
HUAYANGOSAURIDS......Page 219
STEGOSAURIDS......Page 221
MINMIDS......Page 227
POLACANTHIANS......Page 229
ANKYLOSAURIDS......Page 231
NODOSAURIDS......Page 236
HETERODONTOSAURIDS......Page 240
MARGINOCEPHALIANS......Page 241
PACHYCEPHALOSAURIDS......Page 242
CHAOYANGOSAURS......Page 245
PSITTACOSAURIDS......Page 246
NEOCERATOPSIANS......Page 250
PROTOCERATOPSIDS......Page 251
CERATOPSIDS......Page 258
HYPSILOPHODONTS......Page 274
TENONTOSAURS......Page 280
RHABDODONTS......Page 281
DRYOSAURS......Page 282
CAMPTOSAURS......Page 285
ANKYLOPOLLEXIA MISCELLANEA......Page 286
IGUANODONTOIDS......Page 288
HADROSAURS......Page 294
EUHADROSAURS......Page 297
ADDITIONAL READING......Page 317
Dinosaur Taxa......Page 318
Formations......Page 320
