This reference work is the second supplement to Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia (a 1998 American Library Association Outstanding Reference Book) and follows the intent and format of the encyclopedia and first supplement. This continuation of what is now the standard encyclopedia provides up-to-date concepts and evidence of dinosaur paleobiology and evolution. Various competing positions are well presented and exhaustively referenced.
The content is based on the latest original research of paleontologists, especially in dinosaur systematics, and genera, and covers such topics as the constant changes in technology and research methods, the Mesozoic Era in general, new theoretical ideas, the dinosaur-bird debate, dinosaur extinctions, and nomen nudum and excluded genera.
Supplemental volumes do not repeat information from earlier volumes, but build upon them: view all volumes on the series page.
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"highly recommended"-Choice; "extensive...recommended"-Booklist; "a welcome resource for all libraries and individuals...useful and informative...superb supplementary volume[s]...extensive bibliography...recommended"-ARBA; "a wealth of information...it doesn't get any better than this"-Fossil News; "accessible, serious"-Public Library Quarterly.
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Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
448 photos, glossary, appendices, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 279 mm
Breite: 216 mm
Dicke: 35 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-8901-2 (9781476689012)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Donald F. Glut is a prolific book and article writer, and movie producer-director. He is the president of Frontline Entertainment and lives in Burbank, California.
Table of Contents
*?Volume 1?*
Acknowledgments
Foreword, by Philip J. Currie, MSc, PhD, FRSC
Preface
I delete deleteIntroduction
Never Ending Changes
The Mesozoic Era
New Discoveries, Ideas and Studies
Still Unresolved: Ectothermy or Endothermy?
The Dinosaur-Bird Debate: Nearing a Resolution?
Dinosaur Extinctions
II delete?Dinosaurian Systematics
III deleteDinosaurian Genera
(Acanthopholis-Fukuiraptor)
*?Volume 2?*
III deleteDinosaurian Genera
(Gallimimus-Zuniceratops)
IV deleteNomen Nudum and Excluded Genera
A List of Abbreviations
Appendix One: Displays, Sites and Attractions
Appendix Two: Further Reading
Glossary
Bibliography
Index