The Princeton field guide to dinosaurs / Gregory S. Paul.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paul, Gregory S., author.

Series:

Princeton field guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dinosaurs.

Dinosaurs--Guidebooks.

dinosauria (extinct superorder).

Genre:

Informational works.

Physical Description:

384 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm.

Edition:

3rd edition.

Other Title:

Field guide to dinosaurs

Dinosaurs

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princton University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"The bestselling Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs remains the must-have book for anyone who loves dinosaurs, from amateur enthusiasts to professional paleontologists. Now extensively revised and expanded, this dazzlingly illustrated large-format edition features nearly 100 new dinosaur species and hundreds of new and updated illustrations, bringing readers up to the minute on the latest discoveries and research that are radically transforming what we know about dinosaurs and their world. Written and illustrated by acclaimed dinosaur expert Gregory Paul, this stunningly beautiful book includes detailed species accounts of all the major dinosaur groups as well as a wealth of breathtaking images--skeletal drawings, "life" studies, scenic views, and other illustrations that depict the full range of dinosaurs, from small feathered creatures to whale-sized supersauropods. Paul's extensive introduction delves into dinosaur history and biology, the extinction of nonavian dinosaurs, the origin of birds, and the history of dinosaur paleontology, and also gives a taste of what it might be like to travel back in time to the era when dinosaurs roamed the earth."--book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction. History of discovery and research ; What is a dinosaur? ; Dating dinosaurs ; The evolution of dinosaurs and their world ; Extinction ; After the age of dinosaurs ; Biology ; Behavior ; Growth ; Energetics ; Gigantism ; Mesozoic oxygen ; The evolution

and loss

of avian flight ; Dinosaur Safari ; If dinosaurs survived ; Dinosaur conservation ; Where dinosaurs are found ; Using the group and species descriptions

Group and species accounts. Dinosaurs ; Basal dinosaurs ; Theropods ; Sauropodomorphs ; Ornithischians.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 374) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780691231570

0691231575

OCLC:

1390725501