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Overview"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." Full Product DetailsAuthor: David B. Weishampel , Peter Dodson , Halszka OsmólskaPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Edition: 2nd edition Dimensions: Width: 21.60cm , Height: 5.60cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 2.631kg ISBN: 9780520242098ISBN 10: 0520242092 Pages: 880 Publication Date: 06 December 2004 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsAbbreviations for Figures Foreword Introduction SECTION ONE: DINOSAUR SYSTEMATICS Saurischia Ornithischia SECTION TWO: DINOSAUR DISTRIBUTION AND BIOLOGY Literature Cited Contributors IndexReviewsDinosaur biology has advanced at an astonishing pace during the last decade. This updated and expanded edition of The Dinosauria provides an invaluable resource for the specialist and a landmark for those deeply interested in the evolutionary history of these remarkable animals. - Luis M. Chiappe, author of Mesozoic Birds Author InformationDavid B. Weishampel is a Professor at the Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is coauthor, with D. E. Fastovsky, of The Evolution and Extinction of Dinosaurs (1996) and coauthor, with L. Young, of The Dinosaurs of the East Coast (1996). Peter Dodson is Professor of Anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. He is the author of Horned Dinosaurs: A Natural History. Halszka Osmolska is Professor of Paleontology at the Paleobiological Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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