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29. Dinosaur Physiology

  • Kevin Padian and John R. Horner
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The Dinosauria, Second Edition
This chapter is in the book The Dinosauria, Second Edition
© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. ABBREVIATIONS USED I N FIGURES ix
  4. FOREWORD xvii
  5. Introduction 1
  6. SECTION ONE. DINOSAUR SYSTEMATICS
  7. 1. Origin and Relationships of Dinosauria 7
  8. SAURISCHIA 21
  9. 2. Basal Saurischia 25
  10. 3. Ceratosauria 47
  11. 4. Basal Tetanurae 71
  12. 5. Tyrannosauroidea 111
  13. 6. Ornithomimosauria 137
  14. 7. Therizinosauroidea 151
  15. 8. Oviraptorosauria 165
  16. 9. Troodontidae 184
  17. 10. Dromaeosauridae 196
  18. 11. Basal Avialae 210
  19. 12. Prosauropoda 232
  20. 13. Sauropoda 259
  21. ORNITHISCHIA 323
  22. 14. Basal Ornithischia 325
  23. 15. Basal Thyreophora 335
  24. 16. Stegosauria 343
  25. 17. Ankylosauria 363
  26. 18. Basal Ornithopoda 393
  27. 19. Basal Iguanodontia 413
  28. 20. Hadrosauridae 438
  29. 21. Pachycephalosauria 464
  30. 22. Basal Ceratopsia 478
  31. 23. Ceratopsidae 494
  32. SECTION II. Dinosaur Distribution and Biology
  33. 24. Dinosaur Distribution 517
  34. 25. Dinosaur Taphonomy 607
  35. 26. Dinosaur Paleoecology 614
  36. 27. Mesozoic Biogeography of Dinosauria 627
  37. 28. Physiology of Nonavian Dinosaurs 643
  38. 29. Dinosaur Physiology 660
  39. 30. Dinosaur Extinction 672
  40. LITERATURE CITED 685
  41. CONTRIBUTORS 775
  42. GENERA AND SPECIES INDEX 777
  43. STRATIGRAPHIC AND GEOGRAPHIC INDEX 813
  44. SUBJECT INDEX 835
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520941434-035

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. ABBREVIATIONS USED I N FIGURES ix
  4. FOREWORD xvii
  5. Introduction 1
  6. SECTION ONE. DINOSAUR SYSTEMATICS
  7. 1. Origin and Relationships of Dinosauria 7
  8. SAURISCHIA 21
  9. 2. Basal Saurischia 25
  10. 3. Ceratosauria 47
  11. 4. Basal Tetanurae 71
  12. 5. Tyrannosauroidea 111
  13. 6. Ornithomimosauria 137
  14. 7. Therizinosauroidea 151
  15. 8. Oviraptorosauria 165
  16. 9. Troodontidae 184
  17. 10. Dromaeosauridae 196
  18. 11. Basal Avialae 210
  19. 12. Prosauropoda 232
  20. 13. Sauropoda 259
  21. ORNITHISCHIA 323
  22. 14. Basal Ornithischia 325
  23. 15. Basal Thyreophora 335
  24. 16. Stegosauria 343
  25. 17. Ankylosauria 363
  26. 18. Basal Ornithopoda 393
  27. 19. Basal Iguanodontia 413
  28. 20. Hadrosauridae 438
  29. 21. Pachycephalosauria 464
  30. 22. Basal Ceratopsia 478
  31. 23. Ceratopsidae 494
  32. SECTION II. Dinosaur Distribution and Biology
  33. 24. Dinosaur Distribution 517
  34. 25. Dinosaur Taphonomy 607
  35. 26. Dinosaur Paleoecology 614
  36. 27. Mesozoic Biogeography of Dinosauria 627
  37. 28. Physiology of Nonavian Dinosaurs 643
  38. 29. Dinosaur Physiology 660
  39. 30. Dinosaur Extinction 672
  40. LITERATURE CITED 685
  41. CONTRIBUTORS 775
  42. GENERA AND SPECIES INDEX 777
  43. STRATIGRAPHIC AND GEOGRAPHIC INDEX 813
  44. SUBJECT INDEX 835
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