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100 1 _aLucas, Spencer G.,
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aDinosaurs :
_bthe textbook /
_cSpencer G. Lucas.
250 _a6th ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bColumbia University Press,
_c©2016.
300 _axxi, 367 p. :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c28 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _a1. Introduction -- 2. Evolution, Phylogeny, and classification -- 3. Fossils, Sedimentary EnviroTenments, and Geologic Time -- 4. The Origin of Dinosaurs -- 5. Theropods -- 6. Sauropodomorphs -- 7. Ornithopods -- 8. Stegosaurs and Ankylosaurs -- 9. Ceratopsians and Pachycephalosaurs -- 10. The Dinosaurian World -- 11. Dinosaur Hunters -- 12. Dinosaur Trace Fossils -- 13. Dinosaur Biology and Behavior -- 14. Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs? -- 15. Dinosaurs and the Origin of Birds -- 16. The Extinction of Dinosaurs -- 17. Dinosaurs in the Public Eye.
520 _aThis book is an introduction to dinosaurs, providing the basic concepts of biology and geology needed to understand dinosaur science--the main taxonomic groups, the origin and extinction of dinosaurs, and dinosaur behavior--as well as a discussion of dinosaurs in popular culture. --
650 0 _aDinosaurs
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