Evolution and extinction of the dinosaurs /
x, 485 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm. with illustrations by John Sibbick. Content notes : Part I. Setting the Stage:
1. Introduction;
2. Back to the past: the Mesozoic era;
3. Discovering order in the natural world;
4. Interrelationships of vertebrates;
5. The origin of Dinosauria;
Part II. Ornithischia: Armored, Horned, and Duck-Billed Dinosaurs:
6. Stegosauria: hot plates;
7. Ankylosauria: mas and gas;
8. Pachycephalosauria: ramroads of the Cretaceous;
9. Ceratopsia: horns and all the frills;
10. Ornithopoda: the tuskers, antelopes, and 'mighty ducks' of the Mesozoic;
Part III. Saurischia: Predators and Giants:
11. Sauropodomorpha: the big, the bizarre, and the majestic;
12. Theropoda I: nature red in tooth and claw;
13. Theropoda II: the origin of birds;
14. Theropoda III: the early evolution of birds;
Part IV. Endothermy, Environments, and Extinction:
15. Dinosaur thermoregulation: some like it hot;
16. Patterns in dinosaur evolution;
17. Reconstructing extinctions: the art of science;
18. The Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction: the frill is gone. Extinction (Biology)
