Dinosaurs: How We Know What We Know

ISBN-13: 9781138608160 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 562 str.

Mary Higby Schweitzer; Elena Rita Schroeter; Charles Doug Czajka

Opis

This textbook introduces research on dinosaurs by describing the science behind how we know what we know about dinosaurs. A wide range of topics is covered, from fossils and taphonomy to dinosaur physiology, evolution, and extinction. In addition, sedimentology, paleo-tectonics, and non-dinosaurian Mesozoic life are discussed.

Spis treści

How Science Operates. When Dinosaurs Lived. The dinosaur hunters and the history of paleontology. Evolutionary processes and principles. Dinosaurs on the Tree of Life. Defining a Dinosaur. Systematics & Phylogenetics. Ornithischia . Saurischia. Bones and Anatomy. Dinosaurs in Motion. Taphonomy. What did dinosaurs look like? Habitats and ecology. Diet. Behavior. Reproduction. Physiology and growth. Dinosaur-bird transitions and the origin of flight. Not Quite Dinosaurs. Extinctions.