The Dinosaurs and Their Mysterious Demise.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norman, Andrew.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Pen & Sword Books Limited, 2025.

Summary:

Explores the captivating history of dinosaurs, their reign, extinction, and presents a new theory on how certain species survived their cataclysmic end.The dinosaurs are a source of endless fascination, and each new generation is inspired and enchanted by images of these wondrous and awe-inspiring creatures that dominated the Earth eons of time.

Contents:

Cover

Book Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Plates

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Coastal Town of Swanage, Dorset

Chapter 2 Swanage: Ammonites and Evidence of Other Ancient Forms of Life

Chapter 3 The Jurassic Coast

Chapter 4 Purbeck: Strata in which Dinosaur Fossils are Most Likely to be Found?

Chapter 5 What is a Dinosaur?

Chapter 6 The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and The Lost World

Chapter 7 Mary Anning: Fossil Hunter Extraordinaire!

Chapter 8 Dinosaur Prints: How to Identify Them

Chapter 9 Dinosaur Prints: Some Local Discoveries

Chapter 10 Some Dinosaur Fossils from Purbeck and Further Afield

Chapter 11 How is the Age of the Fossilised Bone of a Dinosaur Ascertained?

Chapter 12 How Life Began, How Living Creatures Evolved, and the Dinosaurs in Particular

Chapter 13 The KT Boundary and the KT Extinction Event

Chapter 14 The Presence of High Concentrations of Iridium at the KT Boundary, and its Significance

Chapter 15 Chicxulub: A Possible Location for the Alleged Asteroid Impact

Chapter 16 Was there more than one Asteroid Impact?

Chapter 17 Oil: Another Potentially Lethal Ingredient

Plates

Chapter 18 The Volcanoes of India's Deccan Region

Chapter 19 The Chicxulub Impact: Both a Local and a Global Catastrophe

Chapter 20 Some Terrestrial, Semi-Aquatic and Marine Creatures that Survived the KT Extinction Event

Chapter 21 Were Dinosaurs Warm-Blooded?

Chapter 22 The Ability to Hibernate or Brumate: The Critical Factor

Chapter 23 Hibernation/Brumation/Torpor: Some of the Complexities Involved

Chapter 24 The Genetics of Hibernation

Chapter 25 For the Mammals Shall Inherit the Earth!

Chapter 26 A New Dinosaur is Discovered

Chapter 27 Birds: The Dinosaurs that Did Not Die.

Chapter 28 How Did Birds Survive the KT Extinction Event?

Chapter 29 The Enduring Attraction of Dinosaurs

Epilogue

Appendix Dinosaur Data

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781399041164

1399041169

9781399041140

1399041142

OCLC:

1474238649