Dinosaur Eggs and Babies

ISBN-13: 9780521567237 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 392 str.

Kenneth Carpenter; Karl F. Hirsh; Karl F. Hirsch

Opis

In the last couple of decades the study of dinosaur eggs and babies has proved to be one of the most exciting and profitable areas of dinosaur research. This is the first book solely devoted to this topic and reviews, in scientific detail, our present state of knowledge about this exciting area of palaeontology. Chapters in the book discuss all aspects of the science including the occurrence of eggs, nests and baby skeletons, descriptive osteology of juvenile skeletons, comparative histology of juvenile bone, analyses of eggs and egg shells, palaeoenvironments of nesting sites, nesting behaviour and developmental growth of baby dinosaurs. The volume will be an invaluable addition to the book collections of vertebrate palaeontologists and their graduate students.

Recenzje

'… an essential addition to the dinosaur literature and the only compact reference work covering reproductive biology. It succeeds admirably in summarizing the current state of knowledge …'. Nature

Spis treści

Foreword: tribute to Robert Makela J. R. Horner; Preface; List of institutional abbreviations; Introduction K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner; Part I. Distribution and History of Collecting: 1. Global distribution of dinosaur eggs, nests and baby skeletons K. Carpenter, and K. Alf; 2. The discovery of dinosaur eggshells in nineteenth century France E. Buffetaut, and J. Le Loeuff; Part II. Nests: 3. Dinosaur nesting patterns J. Moratalla, and J. Powell; 4. Dinosaurian eggs from the Upper Cretaceous of Uruguay G. Faccio; 5. Dinosaur egg laying and nesting in France R. Cousin, G. Breton, R. Fournier, and J-P. Watte; 6. Late Maastrichtian dinosaur eggs from the Hateg Basin D. Grigorescu, D. Weishampel, D. Norman, M. Seclamen, M. Rusus, A. Baltres, and V. Teodorescu; 7. Eggs and nests from the Cretaceous of Mongolia K. Mikhailov, K. Sabath, and S. Kurzanov; 8. Comparative taphonomy of some dinosaur and extant bird colonial nesting grounds J. R. Horner; 9. Predation of dinosaur nests by terrestrial crocodiles J. Kirkland; Part III. Eggs: 10. Upper Jurassic eggshells from the western interior of North America K. F. Hirsch; 11. Review of French dinosaur eggshells: eggshell morphology, structure, mineral and organic composition M. Vianey-Liaud, P. Mallan, O. Buscail, and C. Montgelard; 12. Dinosaur eggs in China: on the structure and evolution of eggshells Z. Zi-Kui; 13. Upper Cretaceous dinosaur eggs and nesting sites from the Deccan volcano-sedimentary province of peninsula India A. Sahni, S. K. Tandon, A. Jolly, S. Bajpai, A. Sood, and S. Srinivasan; Part IV. Dinosaur Babies: 14. Life history syndromes, heterochrony, and the evolution of Dinosauria D. Weishampel, and J. R. Horner; 15. Dinosaur reproduction in the fast lane: implication for size, success and extinction G. Paul; 16. An embryonic Camarasaurus from the Upper Jurassic Morrison formation B. Britt, and B. Naylor; 17. Upper Jurassic sauropod babies from the Morrison formation K. Carpenter, and J. McIntosh; 18. Thermal travails of ornithopod nestings: implications for endothermy and insulation G. Paul; 19. A baby Dryosaurus from the Upper Jurassic Morrison formation of Dinosaur National Monument K. Carpenter; 20. An embryo of Camptosaurus from the Brushy Basin Member D. Chure, C. Turner, and F. Peterson; 21. Ontogenetic growth of a new species of Hypacrosaurus J. R. Horner, and P. Currie; 22. A nodosaurid scuteling from the Texas shore of the Western Interior Seaway L. Jacobs, D. Winkler, P. Murray, and J. Maurice; 23. Dinosaur ontogeny and population structure: interpretations based on fossil footprints from North America M. Lockley; 24. Summary and prospectus K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner; Taxonomic Index.