Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia, Supplement 1McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2000 - 1076 pages This is the first supplement to the highly acclaimedDinosaurs: The Encyclopediathat was named an ALA OUTSTANDING REFERENCE BOOK. Some of the reviews of the 1997 work: "Highly recommended"-Choice;"grander than anything ever accomplished of similar title or reputation"-Dinosaur World;"the most thorough and most scholarly dinosaur encyclopedia yet"-Rettig on Reference;"THE dinosaur encyclopedia"-VOYA;"a welcome resource"-ARBA;"a monumental archive of information'-BioScience;"solidly scientific....plentiful illustrations and photographs [over 1,400] provide for fascinating browsing"-Reference & User Services Quarterly.The new work, which maintains the arrangement of the primary volume and is up to date late into 1998, includes well over a dozen new dinosaurian genera and even more new species and new life restorations. Section I provides introductory text on subtopics such as "The Mesozoic Era," "Ectothermy Versus Endothermy" and "Dinosaur Extinctions." Section II continues the workable ordering of dinosaurian systematics. Section III continues the alphabetical compilation of new dinosaurian genera. Section IV continues the detailing of doubtful genera that have appeared in the paleontological literature. |
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Dinosaurs and the Public | 5 |
The Mesozoic Era | 12 |
Ectothermy Versus Endothermy | 40 |
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Allosaurus AMNH ankylosaurs Archaeopteryx articulated authors Avetheropoda Baryonyx basal belonging birds Bonaparte bone Brachiosaurus braincase Calvo Camarasaurus Carpenter caudal vertebrae centra ceratopsian Chure clade Coelurosauria Coria courtesy cranial Currie D:TE dentary Diagnosis of genus digit Dinofest dinosaurian dinosaurs diplodocid distal Dong dorsal vertebrae Early Cretaceous feathers femur forelimb Formation fossil Galton genera hadrosaurid holotype horncores humerus ilium ischium IVPP Journal of Vertebrate juvenile Key references Kirkland known Late Cretaceous Late Jurassic lateral view length limb material maxilla maxillary McIntosh medial metatarsals Museum of Natural Natural History Neotheropoda neural arch neural spines nodosaurid nosaur noted Ornithischia Paleontology postcranial posterior premaxillary primitive prosauropod proximal ribs sacral Salgado Saurischia sauropod Sauropodomorpha sauros saurus scapula skeleton skull specimen Spinosaurus suggested Supplement to Number synapomorphies tail taxa taxon teeth Tetanurae theropod tibia tion titanosaurid tooth type species Tyrannosaurus ungual Upper ventral vertebrae Vertebrate Paleontology Wilson and Sereno