The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries: Amazing Fossils and the People Who Found Them
Donald R. Prothero
488 pages, parution le 15/07/2019
Résumé
In The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries , Donald R. Prothero tells the fascinating stories behind the most important fossil finds and the intrepid researchers who unearthed them. In twenty-five vivid vignettes, he weaves together dramatic tales of dinosaur discoveries with what modern science now knows about the species to which they belong. Prothero takes us from eighteenth-century sightings of colossal bones taken for biblical giants through recent discoveries of enormous predators even larger than Tyrannosaurus . He recounts the escapades of the larger-than-life personalities who made modern paleontology, including scientific rivalries like the nineteenth-century "Bone Wars." Prothero also details how to draw the boundaries between species and explores debates such as whether dinosaurs had feathers, explaining the findings that settled them or keep them going. Throughout, he offers a clear and rigorous look at what paleontologists consider sound interpretation of evidence. An essential read for any dinosaur lover, this book teaches us to see an ancient world ruled by giant majestic creatures anew.
Acknowledgments
Part I. In the Beginning
1. Megalosaurus : The "Great Lizard," the "Scrotum Humanum", and the First Named Dinosaur
2. Iguanodon : Gideon Mantell, Louis Dollo, and the First Dinosaur Fauna
3. Cetiosaurus : The "Whale Lizard," Richard Owen, and the First Known Sauropod
4. Hadrosaurus : Joseph Leidy and the First American Dinosaur
5. Eoraptor : The First Dinosaurs
Part II. The Long-Necked Giants
6. Plateosaurus : Ancestors of the Giants
7. Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus : Marsh, Cope, and the Bone Wars
8. Diplodocus : The Real "Jurassic Park" and Carnegie's Gift
9. Giraffatitan : The Tallest of the Tall, and the Tendaguru
10. Patagotitan : Who's the Biggest of Them All?
Part III. Red in Tooth and Claw: The Theropods
11. Coelophysis : The Little Dinosaur of Ghost Ranch
12. Cryolophosaurus : Denizen of the Polar Darkness
13. Spinosaurus : Lost Giants of Egypt
14. Tyrannosaurus : King of the Tyrant Reptiles
15. Giganotosaurus : Biggest Predator of All?
16. Deinocheirus : "Terrible Hands" Lead to Big Surprises
17. Velociraptor : "Terrible Claws" and the Dinosaur Renaissance
18. Sinosauropteryx : Feathered Dinosaurs and the Origin of Birds
Part IV. Horns and Spikes and Armor and Duck Beaks: The Ornithischians
19. Heterodontosaurus : The Origin of Ornithischians
20. Stegosaurus : The "Roofed Lizard" and the Thagomizer
21. Ankylosaurus : Armored Dinosaurs and "Mr. Bones"
22. Corythosaurus : Duckbills with Headgear
23. Stegoceras : The "Unicorn Dinosaur" and the Boneheads
24. Protoceratops : The Griffin Legend and the Origin of Horned Dinosaurs
25. Triceratops : The "Dinosaurian Bison" and the Last of the Dinosaurs
Index
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Columbia univ p |
| Auteur(s) | Donald R. Prothero |
| Parution | 15/07/2019 |
| Nb. de pages | 488 |
| EAN13 | 9780231186025 |
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