The dinosauria / edited by David B. Weishampel, Peter Dodson, Halszka Osmólska.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weishampel, David B., 1952-

Dodson, Peter

Osmólska, Halszka

Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dinosaurs.

Physical Description:

xviii, 861 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Edition:

[Second edition].

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2004]

Contents:

Section 1: Dinosaur Systematics

Origin and relationships of Dinosauria / Michael J. Benton

Saurischia / Thomas R. Holtz Jr. and Halszka Osmolska

Basal Saurischia / Max C. Langer

Ceratosauria / Ronald S. Tykoski and Timothy Rowe

Basal Tetanurae / Thomas R. Holtz Jr., Ralph E. Molnar and Philip J. Currie

Tyrannosauroidea / Thomas R. Holtz Jr.

Ornithomimosauria / Peter J. Makovicky, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi and Philip J. Currie

Therizinosauroidea / James M. Clark, Teresa Maryańska and Rinchen Barsbold

Oviraptorosauria / Halszka Osmólska, Philip J. Currie and Rinchen Barsbold

Troodontidae / Peter J. Makovicky and Mark A. Norell

Dromaeosauridae / Mark A. Norell and Peter J. Makovicky

Basal Avialae / Kevin Padian

Prosauropoda / Peter M. Galton and Paul Upchurch

Sauropoda / Paul Upchurch, Paul M. Barrett and Peter Dodson

Ornithischia / David B. Weishampel

Basal Ornithischia / David B. Norman, Lawrence M. Witmer and David B. Weishampel

Basal Thyreophora / David B. Norman, Lawrence M. Witmer and David B. Weishampel

Stegosauria / Peter M. Galton and Paul Upchurch

Ankylosauria / Matthew K. Vickaryous, Teresa Maryańska and David B. Weishampel

Basal Ornithopoda / David B. Norman ... [et al.]

Basal Iguanodontia / David B. Norman

Hadrosauridae / John R. Horner, David B. Weishampel and Catherine A. Forster

Pachycephalosauria / Teresa Maryańska, Ralph E. Chapman and David B. Weishampel

Basal Ceratopsia / You Hailu and Peter Dodson

Ceratopsidae / Peter Dodson, Catherine A. Forster and Scott D. Sampson

Section 2: Dinosaur Distribution and Biology

Dinosaur distribution / David B. Weishampel ... [et al.]

Dinosaur taphonomy / Anthony R. Fiorillo and David A. Eberth

Dinosaur paleoecology / David E. Fastovsky and Joshua B. Smith

Mesozoic biogeography of Dinosauria / Thomas R. Holtz Jr., Ralph E. Chapman and Matthew C. Lamanna

Physiology of nonavian dinosaurs / Anusuya Chinsamy and Willem J. Hillenius

Dinosaur physiology / Kevin Padian and John R. Horner

Dinosaur extinction / J. David Archibald and David E. Fastovsky.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 685-774) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

0520242092

OCLC:

55000644