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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- CONTENTS 5
- PREFACE 6
-
INTRODUCTION
- HISTORY OF DISCOVERY AND RESEARCH 7
- WHAT IS A PTEROSAUR? 10
- DATING PTEROSAURS 15
- EVOLUTION OF PTEROSAURS AND THEIR WORLD 16
- EXTINCTION 27
- AFTER THE AGE OF PTEROSAURS 28
- BIOLOGY 29
- BEHAVIOR 72
- GROWTH 76
- ENERGETICS 77
- GIGANTISM 79
- MESOZOIC OXYGEN 82
- PTEROSAUR SAFARI 83
- IF PTEROSAURS SURVIVED 84
- PTEROSAUR CONSERVATION, KEEPING, AND CONSUMPTION 84
- WHERE PTEROSAURS ARE FOUND 85
- PTEROSAUR COUNT 86
- USING THE GROUP AND SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS 91
-
Group and Species Accounts
- PTEROSAURS 97
- RHAMPHORHYNCHOIDS 98
- PTERODACTYLOIDS 123
- REFERENCES 177
- INDEX 181
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- CONTENTS 5
- PREFACE 6
-
INTRODUCTION
- HISTORY OF DISCOVERY AND RESEARCH 7
- WHAT IS A PTEROSAUR? 10
- DATING PTEROSAURS 15
- EVOLUTION OF PTEROSAURS AND THEIR WORLD 16
- EXTINCTION 27
- AFTER THE AGE OF PTEROSAURS 28
- BIOLOGY 29
- BEHAVIOR 72
- GROWTH 76
- ENERGETICS 77
- GIGANTISM 79
- MESOZOIC OXYGEN 82
- PTEROSAUR SAFARI 83
- IF PTEROSAURS SURVIVED 84
- PTEROSAUR CONSERVATION, KEEPING, AND CONSUMPTION 84
- WHERE PTEROSAURS ARE FOUND 85
- PTEROSAUR COUNT 86
- USING THE GROUP AND SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS 91
-
Group and Species Accounts
- PTEROSAURS 97
- RHAMPHORHYNCHOIDS 98
- PTERODACTYLOIDS 123
- REFERENCES 177
- INDEX 181