Dinosaurs: The Textbook

Spencer Lucas

392 pages, parution le 18/07/2022

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Geared toward a broad variety of students, Dinosaurs: The Textbook offers a concise and lucid presentation of the core biological and geological concepts of dinosaur science. This seventh edition of the leading text for introductory courses on dinosaurs has been revised throughout based on recent fossil discoveries and the latest research.Geared toward a broad variety of students, Dinosaurs: The Textbook offers a concise and lucid presentation of the core biological and geological concepts of dinosaur science. Revised throughout to reflect recent fossil discoveries and the current scientific consensus, this seventh edition details the evolution, phylogeny, and classification of various dinosaur species while modeling the best approach for navigating new and existing research.

Spencer G. Lucas takes readers through the major taxonomic groups, including theropods, sauropodomorphs, ornithopods, ceratopsians, pachycephalosaurs, stegosaurs, and ankylosaurs. He also examines the behavior and extinction of the dinosaurs, their biological relationship to birds, and their representation (or misrepresentation) in art, literature, film, and other forms of popular culture.

This seventh edition of the leading text for introductory courses on dinosaurs incorporates comprehensive updates based on the latest research. Lucas highlights how dinosaur science is rapidly evolving, exploring how new discoveries, methods, and ideas are expanding the frontiers of knowledge. The book features cutting-edge and scientifically rigorous illustrations by leading paleoartists. It also includes extensive and reader-friendly end-of-chapter summary tools, review questions, a detailed glossary, a dinosaur dictionary, and a comprehensive index.List of Boxed Readings
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Evolution, Phylogeny, and Classification
3. Fossils, Sedimentary Environments, and Geologic Time
4. The Origin of Dinosaurs
5. Theropods
6. Sauropodomorphs
7. Ornithopods
8. Stegosaurs and Ankylosaurs
9. Ceratopsians and Pachycephalosaurs
10. The Dinosaurian World
11. Dinosaur Hunters
12. Dinosaur Trace Fossils
13. Dinosaur Biology and Behavior
14. Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs?
15. Dinosaurs and the Origin of Birds
16. The Extinction of Dinosaurs
17. Dinosaurs in the Public Eye
Appendix: A Primer of Dinosaur Anatomy
Glossary
A Dinosaur Dictionary
IndexSpencer G. Lucas is the curator of paleontology at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. He has published more than 500 scientific articles and authored or coedited close to twenty volumes, including Chinese Fossil Vertebrates (Columbia, 2002).

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Éditeur(s)	Columbia univ p
Auteur(s)	Spencer Lucas
Parution	18/07/2022
Nb. de pages	392
EAN13	9780231206013

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