Dinosaurs
By: Steve Brusatte ; [Michael Benton, consultant]
Contributors: Benton, M. J. (Michael J.)
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781847244178; 9781847242686
Subjects: Dinosaurs
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The science of dinosaurs; title: 1. The origins of the dinosaurs ; Archosauria : the ruling reptiles; title: 2. Dinosaurs of the Late Triassic ; The rise of the dinosaurs ; The prosauropod dinosaurs; title: 3. Dinosaurs of the Early-Middle Jurassic ; The Triassic-Jurassic extinction and Pangaea ; The tetanuran theropods ; The sauropods ; Early ornithischian dinosaurs; title: 4. Dinosaurs of the Late Jurassic ; The Morrison Formation ; The coelurosaurian theropods ; The origin and evolution of birds; title: 5. Dinosaurs of the Early-Middle Cretaceous ; The Cretaceous world ; The feathered dinosaurs of China; title: 6. Dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous ; The final act of the dinosaurs ; New research on the tyrant lizard king; title: 7. The end of the dinosaurs.