The illustrated encyclopedia of dinosaurs
Subtitle: an original and compelling insight into life in the dinosaur kingdom
By: David Norman ; colour restorations by John Sibbick.
Contributors: Sibbick, John, ill.
Publisher: Crescent Books; Distributed by Crown Publishers
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Dinosaurs.; Dinosaurs.; Paleontology.
Description: A detailed examination of the world of dinosaurs, their appearance, behavior, and families, describing current theories about their extinction and explaining how paleontologists study their fossilized remains.
Notes: "A Salamander book."
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Author's Foreword
pagenum: 6; title: Introduction to Dinosaurs
pagenum: 8; title: To Study a Dinosaur
pagenum: 24; title: Dinosaur Origins
pagenum: 34; title: 'Coelurosaurs'
pagenum: 38; title: Ornithomimosaurs and Oviraptorosaurs
pagenum: 44; title: Miscellaneous Theropods
pagenum: 50; title: Saurornithoidids
pagenum: 54; title: Dromaeosaurids
pagenum: 56; title: Carnosaurs
pagenum: 62; title: Tyrannosaurids
pagenum: 68; title: Prosauropods
pagenum: 74; title: Diplodocids
pagenum: 80; title: Camarasaurids and Brachiosaurids
pagenum: 86; title: Miscellaneous Sauropods
pagenum: 92; title: Fabrosaurids and Heterodontosaurids
pagenum: 98; title: Hypsilophodontids
pagenum: 104; title: Iguanodontids
pagenum: 110; title: Hadrosaurids I
pagenum: 116; title: Hadrosaurids II
pagenum: 122; title: Psittacosaurs and Protoceratopids
pagenum: 128; title: Ceratopids I
pagenum: 134; title: Ceratopids II
pagenum: 140; title: Pachycephalosaurs
pagenum: 146; title: Stegosaurids
pagenum: 152; title: Scelidosaurus
pagenum: 158; title: Nodosaurids
pagenum: 160; title: Ankylosaurids
pagenum: 164; title: Pterosaurs
pagenum: 170; title: Crocodiles
pagenum: 174; title: Marine Reptiles
pagenum: 178; title: Lizards and Snakes
pagenum: 181; title: Mammal-like Reptiles and Mammals
pagenum: 182; title: Controversies
pagenum: 186; title: Geography of Finds
pagenum: 198; title: Museums and Displays
pagenum: 200; title: Glossary
pagenum: 202; title: Index
pagenum: 204; title: Picture Credits
pagenum: 208