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Ancient creatures / edited by Spencer G. Lucas, Ph. D.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lucas, Spencer G.
- Dinosaurs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 660 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services : Grey House Publishing, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This reference provides a comprehensive look on dinosaurs and ancient creatures that roamed the Earth more than 65 million years ago. Each essay includes the latest information on each creature, including new discoveries in paleontology, and current scientific classifications and usage, such as terminology to describe a dinosaur's species or group, and also ways to determine a particular dinosaur's intelligence.
- Contents:
- Ancient Creatures
- Contents
- Foreword
- Publisher's Note
- Permian
- Dimetrodon
- Late Triassic
- Azendohsaurus
- Chindesaurus
- Coelophysis
- Coloradisaurus
- Eoraptor
- Euskelosaurus
- Herrerasaurus
- Liliensternus
- Pisanosaurus
- Plateosaurus
- Procompsognathus
- Riojasaurus
- Staurikosaurus
- Thecodontosaurus
- Early Jurassic
- Ammosaurus
- Dilophosaurus
- Heterodontosaurus
- Ichthyosaurus
- Lesothosaurus
- Lufengosaurus
- Massospondylus
- Plesiosaurus
- Scutellosaurus
- Middle JurassicCetiosaurusDatousaurus
- Eustreptospondylus
- Gasosaurus
- Huayangosaurus
- Megalosaurus
- Piatnitzkysaurus
- Xuanhanosaurus
- Zigongosaurus
- Late Jurassic
- Allosaurus
- Apatosaurus
- Archaeopteryx
- Barosaurus
- Brachiosaurus
- Camarasaurus
- Camptosaurus
- Ceratosaurus
- Compsognathus
- Diplodocus
- Dryosaurus
- Euhelopus
- Kentrosaurus
- Lexovisaurus
- Mamenchisaurus
- Pterodactylus
- Stegosaurus
- Tuojiangosaurus
- Yangchuanosaurus
- Early Cretaceous
- Afrovenator
- AmargasaurusBaryonyxDeinonychus
- Hypsilophodon
- Iguanodon
- Kronosaurus
- Microvenator
- Muttaburrasaurus
- Ouranosaurus
- Psittacosaurus
- Utahraptor
- Zephyrosaurus
- Late Cretaceous
- Abelisaurus
- Albertosaurus
- Anatotitan
- Ankylosaurus
- Avimimus
- Bactrosaurus
- Carcharodontosaurus
- Centrosaurus
- Chasmosaurus
- Chirostenotes
- Corythosaurus
- Dromaeosaurus
- Edmontonia
- Euoplocephalus
- Gallimimus
- Giganotosaurus
- Hadrosaurus
- Homalocephale
- Lambeosaurus
- Maiasaura
- OrnithomimusOviraptorPachyrhinosaurus
- Parasaurolophus
- Protoceratops
- Pteranodon
- Quetzalcoatlus
- Spinosaurus
- Stegoceras
- Struthiomimus
- Styracosaurus
- Triceratops
- Troodon
- Tyrannosaurus
- Velociraptor
- Essays
- Anapsids, Synapsids, and Diapsids
- Archosauris
- Cerapoda
- Dinosauria
- Ornithischia
- Ornithopoda
- Saurischia
- Sauropoda
- Sauropodomorpha
- Sauropsia
- Systematics Methodology and Taxonomic Nomenclature
- Theropoda
- Thyreophora
- The Cenozoic Era
- The Cretaceous PeriodThe Jurassic PeriodThe Mesozoic Era
- The Paleozoic Era
- The Triassic Period
- Dinosaur-Bearing Rock Formations
- Fossilization
- Major Extinctions
- Supercontinents
- Bone Wars
- Dinosaur Intelligence
- Resources
- Chronology of Ancient Creatures
- Studying Paleontology
- Further Reading
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 19, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9781619256880
- 1619256886
- OCLC:
- 898064813
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