Here is the fourth supplement to Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia, a 1998 American Library Association Outstanding Reference Book. This volume updates the concepts discussed in the encyclopedia and its earlier supplements. It includes a discussion of the Mesozoic Era, covers recent discoveries in paleontology, and furthers the ectothermy/endothermy debate from previous installments. It also offers lengthy sections on dinosaurian schematics and genera and updates the encyclopedia's list of excluded genera. Appendices discuss Pterosaurs and Mesozoic birds, and a glossary is included to aid students and scientists alike. The extensive bibliography lists the most recent peer-evaluated paleontology literature.
Supplemental volumes do not repeat information from earlier volumes, but build upon them: : view all volumes on the series page.
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Interest Age: From 18 years
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Höhe: 279 mm
Breite: 216 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-8903-6 (9781476689036)
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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.
Acknowledgments
Foreword, by Peter J. Makovicky, Ph.D.
Preface
I. Introduction
The Mesozoic Era
New Discoveries, Ideas and Studies
The Continuing Ectothermy/Endothermy Debate
Dinosaurs and Birds
Dinosaur Extinctions
II. Dinosaurian Systematics
III. Dinosaurian Genera
IV. Excluded Genera
A List of Abbreviations
Appendix One: Pterosaurs
Appendix Two: Mesozoic Birds
Glossary
Bibliography
Index