Dinosaur Behavior
An Illustrated Guide
1st Edition
Published on 31. October 2023
224 pages
978-0-691-25496-8 (ISBN)
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Michael J. Benton is professor of vertebrate paleontology at the University of Bristol and a fellow of the Royal Society. His many books include Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World, Dinosaurs Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution in Paleontology, and When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time. Bob Nicholls is a leading paleo-reconstruction artist whose work is exhibited at museums and universities around the world. His art appears in numerous books, including Dinosaur Art and The Complete Dinosaur.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Dinosaurs in Perspective
- Why are Dinosaurs Important?
- Geological Time
- Ancient Geographies
- Ancient Reptiles in the Sea and Air
- Knowing About the Past
- FORENSICS: Managing the Dig Site
- Origins of Dinosaurs
- The Three Main Dinosaur Groups
- Birds as a Branch of Theropods
- 2. Physiology
- Visualizing Dinosaurs
- FORENSICS: Putting Flesh on the Bones
- Modern Reptiles and Birds
- A Special Kind of Warm-Bloodedness
- Feathers
- Breathing
- Food Budgets
- FORENSICS: Making a Dinosaur Food Web
- 3. Locomotion
- Posture and Gait
- FORENSICS: Modeling Locomotion
- Two Legs or Four?
- Trackways
- FORENSICS: Tippy-Toes Take-Off
- Calculating Running Speed
- FORENSICS: Dinosaur Walking Kinematics
- Giant Size and Support
- FORENSICS: How to be a Giant
- Origins of Flight
- 4. Senses and Intelligence
- Dinosaur Brains
- FORENSICS: Studying Ancient Brains
- Brains of Modern Reptiles and Birds
- Evolving Intelligence
- Sense of Smell
- Sight
- Hearing
- Spatial Orientation
- 5. Feeding
- Dinosaur Diets
- Teeth and Jaws
- FORENSICS: Finite Element Analysis of Jaws
- Evidence of Dinosaur Diets
- FORENSICS: Isotopes and Diet
- Dinosaur Herbivory
- Dinosaur Carnivory (and Other Diets)
- 6. Social Behavior
- Communication and Interaction
- Sexual Selection and Feather Color
- FORENSICS: Telling the Color of Fossil Feathers
- Courtship and Mating Behavior
- Eggs and Parental Care
- Growing Up
- FORENSICS: Measuring Growth Rate
- Communication and Living in Herds
- FORENSICS: Sounds of the Hadrosaurs
- 7. Dinosaurs and Humans
- Extinction
- FORENSICS: A Whimper or a Bang?
- Survivors and the Modern World
- Opportunities
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments
