Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Preface 6
4. Introduction
5. History of Discovery and Research 7
6. What Is a Dinosaur? 13
7. Dating Dinosaurs 14
8. The Evolution of Dinosaurs and Their World 15
9. Extinction 23
10. After the Age of Dinosaurs 24
11. Biology 25
12. Behavior 39
13. Growth 45
14. Energetics 47
15. Gigantism 49
16. Mesozoic Oxygen 52
17. The Evolution—and Loss—of Avian Flight 53
18. Dinosaur Safari 54
19. If Dinosaurs Had Survived 55
20. Dinosaur Conservation 55
21. Where Dinosaurs Are Found 56
22. Using the Group and Species Descriptions 62
23. Group and Species Accounts
24. Dinosaurs 69
25. Theropods 69
26. Sauropodomorphs 182
27. Ornithischians 239
28. Additional Reading 350
29. Index: Dinosaur Taxa 351