The Complete Dinosaur

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The most thorough and up-to-date survey of dinosaurs available

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Praise for the first edition:

"A gift to serious dinosaur enthusiasts" —Science

"The amount of information in [these] pages is amazing. This book should be on the shelves of dinosaur freaks as well as those who need to know more about the paleobiology of extinct animals. It will be an invaluable library reference." —American Reference Books Annual

"An excellent encyclopedia that serves as a nice bridge between popular and scholarly dinosaur literature." —Library Journal (starred review)

"Copiously illustrated and scrupulously up-to-date . . . the book reveals dinos through the fractious fields that make a study of them." —Publishers Weekly

"Stimulating armchair company for cold winter evenings. . . . Best of all, the book treats dinosaurs as intellectual fun." —New Scientist

"The book is useful both as a reference and as a browse-and-enjoy compendium." —Natural History

What do we know about dinosaurs, and how do we know it? How did dinosaurs grow, move, eat, and reproduce? Were they warm-blooded or cold-blooded? How intelligent were they? How are the various groups of dinosaurs related to each other, and to other kinds of living and extinct vertebrates? What can the study of dinosaurs tell us about the process of evolution? And why did typical dinosaurs become extinct? All of these questions, and more, are addressed in the new, expanded, second edition of The Complete Dinosaur. Written by many of the world's leading experts on the "fearfully great" reptiles, the book's 45 chapters cover what we have learned about dinosaurs, from the earliest discoveries of dinosaurs to the most recent controversies. Where scientific contention exists, the editors have let the experts agree to disagree. Copiously illustrated and accessible to all readers from the enthusiastic amateur to the most learned professional paleontologist, The Complete Dinosaur is a feast for serious dinosaur lovers everywhere.

List of Contributors
Part One: The Discovery of Dinosaurs
1. Dinosaurs: The Earliest Discoveries
David A. E. Spalding and William A. S. Sarjeant
2. Politics and Paleontology: Richard Owen and the Invention of Dinosaurs
Hugh S. Torrens
3. European Dinosaur Hunters of the 19th and 20th Centuries
Hans-Dieter Sues
4. North American Dinosaur Hunters
Edwin H. Colbert, David D. Gillette, and Ralph E. Molnar
5. The Search for Dinosaurs in Asia
Corwin Sullivan, David W. E. Hone, and Xing Xu
6. Dinosaur Hunters of the Southern Continents
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.

Part Two: The Study of Dinosaurs
7. Hunting for Dinosaur Bones
David D. Gillette
8. The Osteology of the Dinosaurs
Thomas R. Holtz and M. K. Brett-Surman
9. Reconstructing the Musculature of Dinosaurs
David W. Dilkes, John R. Hutchinson, Casey M. Holliday, and Lawrence M. Witmer
10. Dinosaur Paleoneurology
Emily Buchholtz
11. Taxonomy of the Dinosauria
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. and M. K. Brett-Surman
12. Dinosaurs and Geologic Time
James I. Kirkland and James O. Farlow
13. Technology and the Study of Dinosaurs
Ralph E. Chapman, Art Andersen, Brent H. Breithaupt, and Neffra A. Matthews
14. Claws, Scales, Beaks, and Feathers: Molecular Traces in the Fossil Record
Mary Higby Schweitzer and Mark Marshall
15. Dinosaurs as Museum Exhibits
Kenneth Carpenter
16. Restoring Dinosaurs as Living Animals
Douglas Henderson

Part Three: The Clades of Dinosaurs
17. Evolution of the Archosaurs
J. Michael Parrish
18. Origin and Early Evolution of Dinosaurs
Michael J. Benton
19. Theropods
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
20. Birds
Darren Naish
21. Basal Sauropodomorpha: The "Prosauropods"
Adam Yates
22. Sauropoda
Jeffrey A. Wilson and Kristina Curry Rogers
23. Stegosaurs
Peter M. Galton
24. Ankylosaurs
Kenneth Carpenter
25. Marginocephalia
Peter Makovicky
26. Ornithopods
Richard J. Butler and Paul M. Barrett

Part Four: Paleobiology of the Dinosaurs
27. Land Plants as a Source of Food and Environment in the Age of Dinosaurs
Bruce H. Tiffney
28. What Did Dinosaurs Eat: Coprolites and Other Direct Evidence of Dinosaur Diets
Karen Chin
29. Reproductive Biology of Dinosaurs
Terry D. Jones and Nicholas R. Geist
30. Dinosaur Eggs
Darla K. Zelenitsky, John R. Horner, and François Therrien
31. How Dinosaurs Grew
R. E. H. Reid
32. Engineering a Dinosaur
Donald Henderson
33. Disease in Dinosaurs
Elizabeth Rega
34. The Scientific Study of Dinosaur Footprints
James O. Farlow, Ralph E. Chapman, Brent Breithaupt, and Neffra Matthews
35. The Role of Heterochrony in Dinosaur Evolution
Kenneth J. McNamara and John A. Long
36. Metabolic Physiology of Dinosaurs and Early Birds
John A. Ruben, Terry D. Jones, Nicholas R. Geist, Willem J. Hillenius, Amy E. Harwell, and Devon E. Quick
37. Evidence for Avian-Mammalian Aerobic Capacity and Thermoregulation in Mesozoic Dinosaurs
Gregory S. Paul
38. "Intermediate" Dinosaurs: The Case Updated
R. E. H. Reid

Part Five: Dinosaur Evolution in the Mesozoic
39. Principles of Biogeography
Ralph E. Molnar
40. Non-Dinosaurian Vertebrates
Nicholas C. Fraser
41. Early Mesozoic Continental Tetrapods and Faunal Changes
Hans-Dieter Sues
42. Dinosaurian Faunas of the Later Mesozoic
Matthew T. Carrano
43. Dinosaur Extinction: Past and Present Perspectives
J. David Archibald
44. Life after Death: Dinosaur Fossils in Human Hands
Daniel J. Chure
45. Dinosaurs and Evolutionary Theory
Kevin Padian and Elizabeth K. Burton
Appendix: Dinosaur-Related WWW Sites
Glossary
Index

Sujets

• Sciences de la nature
• Biologie
• Life Sciences
• Fossils
• Sciences et techniques
• Biology
• Rock (geology)
• Paleontology
• Evolution
• Animals
• 454 Life Sciences
• Rocks
• Science

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• Publié par: Indiana University Press
• Date de parution: 27 juin 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 4
• EAN13: 9780253008497
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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The Complete Dinosaur

The editors offer special thanks to Jim Whitcraft for creating the illustrations that appear on the opening page of each chapter.
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The complete dinosaur / edited by M. K. Brett-Surman, Thomas R. Holtz Jr., and James O. Farlow ; Bob Walters, art director. - 2nd ed.
p. cm. - (Life of the past)
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-253-35701-4 (cl : alk. paper) - ISBN 978-0-253-00849-7 (ebook) 1. Dinosaurs. I. Brett-Surman, M. K., [date]- II. Holtz, Thomas R., [date]- III. Farlow, James Orville [date].
QE862.D5C697 2012
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This second edition is dedicated to our colleagues, and our friends:
Halszka Osm lska
John H. Ostrom
John S. McIntosh
W. A. S. Sarjeant
Edwin Colbert
Tobe Wilkins
Jim Adams
Robin Reid
Donna Engard
Thomas Jericho
You advanced our science. You made a difference.
The editors wish to thank the staff at Indiana University Press for their hard work and dedication, which allowed our opusaurus to be born after a ten-year gestation.
Contents
Dinosauria
Contributors
Part 1
The Discovery of Dinosaurs
1 Dinosaurs: The Earliest Discoveries
David A. E. Spalding and William A. S. Sarjeant
2 Politics and Paleontology: Richard Owen and the Invention of Dinosaurs
Hugh S. Torrens
3 European Dinosaur Hunters of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Hans-Dieter Sues
4 North American Dinosaur Hunters
Edwin H. Colbert, David D. Gillette, and Ralph E. Molnar
5 The Search for Dinosaurs in Asia
Corwin Sullivan, David W. E. Hone, and Xing Xu
6 Dinosaur Hunters of the Southern Continents
Thomas R. Holtz Jr.
Part 2
The Study of Dinosaurs
7 Hunting for Dinosaur Bones
David D. Gillette
8 The Osteology of the Dinosaurs
Thomas R. Holtz Jr. and M. K. Brett-Surman
9 Reconstructing the Musculature of Dinosaurs
David W. Dilkes, John R. Hutchinson, Casey M. Holliday, and Lawrence M. Witmer
10 Dinosaur Paleoneurology
Emily Buchholtz
11 The Taxonomy and Systematics of the Dinosaurs
Thomas R. Holtz Jr. and M. K. Brett-Surman
12 Dinosaurs and Geologic Time
James I. Kirkland and James O. Farlow
13 Technology and the Study of Dinosaurs
Ralph E. Chapman, Art Andersen, Brent H. Breithaupt, and Neffra A. Matthews
14 Claws, Scales, Beaks, and Feathers: Molecular Traces in the Fossil Record
Mary Higby Schweitzer and Mark Marshall
15 Dinosaurs as Museum Exhibits
Kenneth Carpenter
16 Restoring Dinosaurs as Living Animals
Douglas Henderson
Part 3
The Clades of Dinosaurs
17 Evolution of the Archosaurs
J. Michael Parrish
18 Origin and Early Evolution of Dinosaurs
Michael J. Benton
19 Theropods
Thomas R. Holtz Jr.
20 Birds
Darren Naish
21 Basal Sauropodomorpha: The Prosauropods
Adam M. Yates
22 Sauropoda
Jeffrey A. Wilson and Kristina Curry Rogers
23 Stegosaurs
Peter M. Galton
24 Ankylosaurs
Kenneth Carpenter
25 Marginocephalia
Peter Makovicky
26 Ornithopods
Richard J. Butler and Paul M. Barrett
Part 4
Paleobiology of the Dinosaurs
27 Land Plants as a Source of Food and Environment in the Age of Dinosaurs
Bruce H. Tiffney
28 What Did Dinosaurs Eat: Coprolites and Other Direct Evidence of Dinosaur Diets
Karen Chin
29 Reproductive Biology of Dinosaurs
Terry D. Jones and Nicholas R. Geist
30 Dinosaur Eggs
Darla K. Zelenitsky, John R. Horner, and Fran ois Therrien
31 How Dinosaurs Grew
R. E. H. Reid (with introductory note by Gregory M. Erickson)
32 Engineering a Dinosaur
Donald Henderson
33 Disease in Dinosaurs
Elizabeth Rega
34 The Scientific Study of Dinosaur Footprints
James O. Farlow, Ralph E. Chapman, Brent Breithaupt, and Neffra Matthews
35 The Role of Heterochrony in Dinosaur Evolution
Kenneth J. McNamara and John A. Long
36 Metabolic Physiology of Dinosaurs and Early Birds
John A. Ruben, Terry D. Jones, Nicholas R. Geist, Willem J. Hillenius, Amy E. Harwell, and Devon E. Quick
37 Evidence for Avian-Mammalian Aerobic Capacity and Thermoregulation in Mesozoic Dinosaurs
Gregory S. Paul
38 Intermediate Dinosaurs: The Case Updated
R. E. H. Reid
Part 5
Dinosaur Evolution in the Mesozoic
39 Principles of Paleobiogeography in the Mesozoic
Ralph E. Molnar
40 Non-Dinosaurian Vertebrates
Nicholas C. Fraser
41 Early Mesozoic Continental Tetrapods and Faunal Changes
Hans-Dieter Sues
42 Dinosaurian Faunas of the Later Mesozoic
Matthew T. Carrano
43 Dinosaur Extinction: Past and Present Perspectives
J. David Archibald
44 Life after Death: Dinosaur Fossils in Human Hands
Daniel J. Chure
45 Dinosaurs and Evolutionary Theory
Kevin Padian and Elisabeth K. Burton
Appendix: Dinosaur-Related Websites
Glossary
Index
D
Dinosauria
In April 1842, Richard Owen coined the term Dinosauria in a footnote on page 103 of his Report on British Fossil Reptiles, and defined this new name as meaning fearfully great, a lizard. Since that time the name has always, incorrectly, been translated as terrible lizard. How did this etymological and aesthetic error occur? Modern dictionaries always give the meaning of deinos as terrible. This is correct, if one uses the word as an adjective - but Owen used the superlative form of deinos, just as did Homer in the Iliad. A check of a Greek-English lexicon from Owen s time will confirm this (Donnegan 1832). Dinosaurs are not lizards, nor are they terrible. They are, instead, the world s most famous living superlative.
J.O.F. and M.K.B.-S.
References
Farlow, J. O., and M. K. Brett-Surman. 1997. The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Donnegan, J., MD. 1832. A New Greek and English Lexicon: Principally on the Plan of the Greek and German Lexicon of Schneider. First American edition from the second London edition, revised and enlarged by R. B. Patton. Boston: Hilliard, Gray.
Owen, R. 1842. Report on British Fossil Reptiles. Part II. Report of the Eleventh Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 1841: 60-204.
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Contributors
Art Andersen Virtual Surfaces, Inc., 832 East Rand Road, Suite 16, Mt. Prospect, IL 60056 USA
J. David Archibald Department of Biology, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-4614 USA
Paul M. Barrett Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
Michael J. Benton School of Earth Sciences, Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol, Queen s Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK
Brent H. Breithaupt Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003 USA
Michael K. Brett-Surman Museum Specialist for Fossil Reptiles and Amphibians, National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560 USA
Emily Buchholtz Department of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, Wellesley Hills, MA 02481-8203 USA
Elisabeth K. Burton Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
Richard J. Butler Bayerische Staatssammlung f r Pal ontologie und Geologie, Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, 80333 Munich, Germany
Kenneth Carpenter Prehistoric Museum, Utah State University - Eastern, 155 E Main Street, Price, UT 84501 USA
Matthew T. Carrano Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 121, Washington, DC 20013-7012 USA
Ralph E. Chapman New Mexico Virtualization, LLC, 102 El Morro Street, Los Alamos, NM 87544 USA
Karen Chin Department of Geological Sciences and University of Colorado Museum, UCB 265, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2200 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309-0399 USA
Daniel J. Chure Dinosaur National Monument, Box 92, Jensen, UT 84035 USA
Edwin H. Colbert (1905-2001) led fossil-collecting expeditions to all parts of the globe and published many books and articles about dinosaurs and other extinct vertebrates, including The Little Dinosaurs of Ghost Ranch and The Great Dinosaur Hunters and Their Discoveries.
David W. Dilkes Department of Biology and Microbiology, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Boulevard, Oshkosh, WI 54901-8440 USA
Gregory M. Erickson Department of Biological Science, 4011 King Life Sciences, 319 Stadium Drive, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295 USA
James O. Farlow Department of Geosciences, SB 242, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 Coliseum Boulevard E, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499 USA
Nicholas C. Fraser National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1JF, UK
Peter M. Galton Professor Emeritus, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT; mailing address: 315 Southern Hills Drive, Rio Vista, CA 94571-2153 USA
Nicholas R. Geist Department of Biology, Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3609 USA
David D. Gillette Museum of Northern Arizona, 3101 N Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 USA
Amy E. Harwell Oregon State University, Zoology Department, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA
Donald Henderson Curator of Dinosaurs, Royal Tyrrell Museu