Dinosaurs : the textbook

Summary: This book is an introduction to dinosaurs, providing the basic concepts of biology and geology needed to understand dinosaur science--the main taxonomic groups, the origin and extinction of dinosaurs, and dinosaur behavior--as well as a discussion of dinosaurs in popular culture. --

Record details

ISBN: 9780231173100
ISBN: 0231173105
ISBN: 9780231173117
ISBN: 0231173113
Physical Description: print
xxi, 367 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Edition: Sixth edition.
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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 hunters -- Dinosaur trace fossils -- Dinosaur biology and behavior -- Hot-blooded dinosaurs? -- Dinosaurs and the origin of birds -- The extinction of dinosaurs -- Dinosaurs in the public eye.