Pterosaurs
Subtitle: flight in the age of dinosaurs
By: Margaret Dornfeld, lead writer ; Martin Schwabacher, writer
Contributors: Dornfeld, Margaret; Schwabacher, Martin; Norell, Mark; Kellner, Alexander Wilhelm Armin
Publisher: American Museum of Natural History
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 63
ISBN-13: 9780985201630
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Pterosauria; Exhibitions; Dinosaurs; Flight; Wings (Anatomy); Evolution; Reptiles; Fossil Reptiles; Paleontology; Juvenile literature; Mesozoic Geologic Period; American Museum of Natural History
Other titles: Flight in the age of dinosaurs
Notes: Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, curated by Mark A. Norell and Alexander W.A. Kellner, on view at the American Museum of Natural History from April 5, 2014, through January 4, 2015.
Table of contents: title: Flight in the age of dinosaurs; title: A timeline of pterosaurs; title: A wide range of wingspans; title: Fragile fossils; title: The first "pterodactyl"; title: A new discovery; title: Fine specimen; title: Imperfect evidence; title: Pterosaur evolution; title: The first flying reptiles; title: Family tree; title: Inside the nest; title: Locomotion on land; title: Into the air; title: Wing bones; title: Built to fly; title: Inside the wings; title: Warm and fuzzy; title: Dragon of the dawn; title: King of the air; title: Long tall pterosaur; title: Many kinds of crests; title: What's the point?; title: Cooling and steering; title: Keel jaw; title: Follow the teeth; title: Pterosaurs and water; title: A superb site; title: How do fossils form?; title: The next big thing?