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The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries – Amazing Fossils and the People Who Found Them

Autor Donald R. Prothero
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 iul 2019
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. He weaves together the dramatic tales of dinosaur discoveries with what modern science now knows about the species to which they belong.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780231186025
ISBN-10: 0231186029
Pagini: 488
Dimensiuni: 155 x 232 x 34 mm
Greutate: 0.79 kg
Editura: Columbia University Press

Notă biografică

Donald R. Prothero is a paleontology and geology researcher, teacher, and author. He is adjunct professor of geological sciences at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and research associate in vertebrate paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. His Columbia University Press books include The Story of Life in 25 Fossils: Tales of Intrepid Fossil Hunters and the Wonders of Evolution (2015) and The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks: Tales of Important Geological Puzzles and the People Who Solved Them (2018).

Cuprins

Preface
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: Whös 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