EXTINCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. CONTENTS 4
3. THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 6
4. PREFACE 7
5. INTRODUCTION 8
6. ABOUT THIS BOOK 14
7. WHAT ARE DINOSAURS? 18
8. A HISTORY OF DINOSAUR DISCOVERY 24
9. GEOLOGICAL TIMESCALE 28
10. DISCOVERING DINOSAURS 34
11. DINOSAUR BIOLOGY 40
12. DINOSAUR CLASSIFICATION 48
13. THEROPODA
14. COELOPHYSIS BAURI 56
15. DILOPHOSAURUS WETHERILLI 60
16. ALLOSAURUS FRAGILIS 64
17. ALBERTOSAURUS SARCOPHAGUS 68
18. TYRANNOSAURUS REX 72
19. STRUTHIOMIMUS ALTUS 78
20. DEINOCHEIRUS MIRIFICUS 80
21. COMPSOGNATHUS LONGIPES 82
22. MONONYKUS OLECRANUS 86
23. OVIRAPTOR PHILOCERATOPS 90
24. KHAAN MCKENNAI 96
25. CITIPATI OSMOLSKAE 98
26. ORNITHOLESTES HERMANNI 104
27. VELOCIRAPTOR MONGOLIENSIS 106
28. DEINONYCHUS ANTIRRHOPUS 110
29. SAURORNITHOIDES MONGOLIENSIS 114
30. ARCHAEOPTERYX LITHOGRAPHICA 120
31. HESPERORNIS REGALIS 126
32. PHORUSRHACOS LONGISSIMUS 130
33. GASTORNIS GIGANTEA 134
34. SAUROPODOMORPHA
35. PLATEOSAURUS ENGELHARDTI 136
36. DIPLODOCUS LONGUS 138
37. BRONTOSAURUS EXCELSUS 144
38. CAMARASAURUS GRANDIS 148
39. HYPSELOSAURUS PRISCUS 152
40. PATAGOTITAN MAYORUM 156
41. BAROSAURUS LENTUS 160
42. ORNITHISCHIA
43. HETERODONTOSAURUS TUCKI 164
44. THYREOPHORA
45. STEGOSAURUS STENOPS 168
46. SAUROPELTA EDWARDSORUM 172
47. EUOPLOCEPHALUS TUTUS 176
48. ANKYLOSAURUS MAGNIVENTRIS 178
49. NEORNITHISCHIA
50. PACHYCEPHALOSAURUS WYOMINGENSIS 180
51. PSITTACOSAURUS MONGOLIENSIS 184
52. PROTOCERATOPS ANDREWSI 190
53. TRICERATOPS HORRIDUS 196
54. MONOCLONIUS NASICORNUS 200
55. MONOCLONIUS NASICORNUS 202
56. HYPSILOPHODON FOXII 206
57. HYPACROSAURUS ALTISPINUS 210
58. EDMONTOSAURUS ANNECTENS 212
59. TENONTOSAURUS TILLETTI 216
60. SAUROLOPHUS OSBORNI 218
61. CORYTHOSAURUS CASUARIUS 220
62. BIRDS AND DINOSAURS 224
63. EXTINCTION 230
64. CREDITS 236
65. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 237
66. INDEX 238