CONTENTS IN DETAIL

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS IN BRIEF vii
3. CONTENTS IN DETAIL ix
4. BOXED READINGS xvii
5. PREFACE xix
6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxi
7. 1 INTRODUCTION 1
8. 2 EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY, AND CLASSIFICATION 7
9. 3 FOSSILS, SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS, AND GEOLOGIC TIME 23
10. 4 THE ORIGIN OF DINOSAURS 43
11. 5 THEROPODS 63
12. 6 SAUROPODOMORPHS 87
13. 7 ORNITHOPODS 113
14. 8 STEGOSAURS AND ANKYLOSAURS 129
15. 9 CERATOPSIANS AND PACHYCEPHALOSAURS 149
16. 10 THE DINOSAURIAN WORLD 169
17. 11 DINOSAUR HUNTERS 193
18. 12 DINOSAUR TRACE FOSSILS 211
19. 13 DINOSAUR BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR 235
20. 14 HOT-BLOODED DINOSAURS? 255
21. 15 DINOSAURS AND THE ORIGIN OF BIRDS 277
22. 16 THE EXTINCTION OF DINOSAURS 295
23. 17 DINOSAURS IN THE PUBLIC EYE 317
24. Appendix: A Primer of Dinosaur Anatomy 335
25. GLOSSARY 347
26. A DINOSAUR DICTIONARY 353
27. INDEX 361