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The story of the dinosaurs in 25 discoveries : amazing fossils and the people who found them / Donald R. Prothero.
LIBRA QE705.A1 P76 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prothero, Donald R., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paleontology--History.
- Paleontology.
- History.
- Paleontologists.
- Dinosaurs.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 472 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Story of the dinosaurs in twenty-five discoveries
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
- Contents:
- 1 Megalosaurus p. 3
- The "Great Lizard," The "Scrotum Humanum." and the First Named Dinosaur
- 2 Iguanodon p. 16
- Gideon Mantell, Louis Dollo. And the First Dinosaur Fauna
- 3 Cetiosaurus p. 36
- The "Whale Lizard." Richard Owen, and the First Known Sauropod
- 4 Hadrosaurus p. 48
- Joseph Leidy and the First American Dinosaur
- 5 Edraptor p. 59
- The First Dinosaurs
- II The Long-Necked Giants: The Sauropods
- 6 Plateosaurus p. 83
- Ancestors of the Giants
- 7 Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus p. 95
- Marsh, Cope, and the Bone Wars
- 8 Diplodocus p. 115
- The Real "Jurassic Park" and Carnegie's Gift
- 9 Giraffatitan p. 132
- The Tallest of the Tall, and the Tendaguru
- 10 Patagotitan p. 153
- Who's the Biggest of Them All?
- III Red in Tooth and Claw: The Theropods
- 11 Coelophysis p. 173
- The Little Dinosaur of Ghost Ranch
- 12 Cryolophosaurus p. 187
- Denizens of the Polar Darkness
- 13 Spindsaurus p. 204
- Lost Giants of Egypt
- 14 Tyrannosaurus p. 219
- King of the Tyrant Reptiles
- 15 Giganotosaurus p. 238
- Biggest Predator of All?
- 16 Deinocheirus p. 254
- "Terrible Hands" Lead to Big Surprises
- 17 Velociraptor p. 271
- "Terrible Claws" and the Dinosaur Renaissance
- 18 Sinosauropteryx p. 291
- Feathered Dinosaurs and the Origin of Birds
- IV Horns and Spikes and Armor and Duck Beaks: The Ornithischians
- 19 Heterdaontosaurus p. 311
- The Origin of Ornithischians
- 20 Stegosaurus p. 327
- The "Roofed Lizard" and the Thagomizer
- 21 Ankylosaurus p. 348
- Armored Dinosaurs and "Mr. Bones"
- 22 Corythosaurus p. 373
- Duckbills with Headgear
- 23 Stegoceras p. 391
- The "Unicorn Dinosaur" and the Boneheads
- 24 Protoceratops p. 406
- The Griffin Legends and the Origin of Horned Dinosaurs
- 25 Triceratops p. 425
- The "Dinosaurian Bison" and the Last of the Dinosaurs.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780231186025
- 0231186029
- OCLC:
- 1057730699
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