Foreword ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Dinosaurs 1
Chapter 2 Hard Tissues 29
Chapter 3 Soft Tissues 65
Chapter 4 Phylogeny 88
Chapter 5 Form 117
Chapter 6 Locomotion and Posture 135
Chapter 7 Feeding and Diet 159
Chapter 8 Reproduction, Growth, and Physiology 191
Chapter 9 Paleoecology and Dwelling 227
Chapter 10 Macroevolution and Extinction 242
References 262
Index 309
Plate section between pp. 130 and 131
Steve Brusatte, PhD, is a palaeontologist and Professor of Palaeontology and Evolution at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He is the author of the international bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, The Rise and Reign of the Mammals, and several other books for academics, children and popular audiences. The palaeontology advisor on the Jurassic World film franchise, Brusatte has written over 170 peer-reviewed research papers and named more than 20 new species, including the tyrannosaur �Pinocchio rex� (Qianzhousaurus), the raptor Zhenyuanlong, and several ancient mammals. His research and writing has been featured in Nature, Science, The New York Times, Scientific American, and many other publications.
Anyone serious about learning details of dinosaur biologywould do no better than to read this book. Summing Up: Highlyrecommended. Upper-division undergraduates throughresearchers/faculty; general readers. (Choice,1 November 2012) It is up-to-date, well-researched and the topics areperceptively argued or discussed, and I would unhesitatinglyrecommend it, as start-up reading, to my ownundergraduates and research students. (Geological Magazine, 2012) "This is a reference work of wide-ranging technical expertisethat reads like a good piece of science journalism. Forgive thecliche but I couldnt put it down. ...an excellent referenceand a quick way to get up to speed on the fascinating andfast-evolving world of dinosaur research." J. Bret Bennington Priscum Vol 21, Issue1 (Winter2014)
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