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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weishampel, David B., 1952-

Dodson, Peter.

Osmólska, Halszka.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dinosaurs.

Reptiles, Fossil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (881 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When the The Dinosauria was first published more than a decade ago, it was hailed as "the best scholarly reference work available on dinosaurs" and "an historically unparalleled compendium of information." This second, fully revised edition continues in the same vein as the first but encompasses the recent spectacular discoveries that have continued to revolutionize the field. A state-of-the-science view of current world research, the volume includes comprehensive coverage of dinosaur systematics, reproduction, and life history strategies, biogeography, taphonomy, paleoecology, thermoregulation, and extinction. Its internationally renowned authors-forty-four specialists on the various members of the Dinosauria-contribute definitive descriptions and illustrations of these magnificent Mesozoic beasts. The first section of The Dinosauria begins with the origin of the great clade of these fascinating reptiles, followed by separate coverage of each major dinosaur taxon, including the Mesozoic radiation of birds. The second part of the volume navigates through broad areas of interest. Here we find comprehensive documentation of dinosaur distribution through time and space, discussion of the interface between geology and biology, and the paleoecological inferences that can be made through this link. This new edition will be the benchmark reference for everyone who needs authoritative information on dinosaurs.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ABBREVIATIONS USED I N FIGURES

FOREWORD

Introduction

1. Origin and Relationships of Dinosauria

SAURISCHIA

2. Basal Saurischia

3. Ceratosauria

4. Basal Tetanurae

5. Tyrannosauroidea

6. Ornithomimosauria

7. Therizinosauroidea

8. Oviraptorosauria

9. Troodontidae

10. Dromaeosauridae

11. Basal Avialae

12. Prosauropoda

13. Sauropoda

ORNITHISCHIA

14. Basal Ornithischia

15. Basal Thyreophora

16. Stegosauria

17. Ankylosauria

18. Basal Ornithopoda

19. Basal Iguanodontia

20. Hadrosauridae

21. Pachycephalosauria

22. Basal Ceratopsia

23. Ceratopsidae

24. Dinosaur Distribution

25. Dinosaur Taphonomy

26. Dinosaur Paleoecology

27. Mesozoic Biogeography of Dinosauria

28. Physiology of Nonavian Dinosaurs

29. Dinosaur Physiology

30. Dinosaur Extinction

LITERATURE CITED

CONTRIBUTORS

GENERA AND SPECIES INDEX

STRATIGRAPHIC AND GEOGRAPHIC INDEX

SUBJECT INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

9786612360459

9781282360457

1282360450

9780520941434

0520941438

OCLC:

609850027