Dinosaurs : a concise natural history

Cover
Half-title
Frontispiece
Title page
Copyright information
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface to the Fourth Edition
	Bigger, Better, and Badder
	To the Student
		How to Get the Most out of this Book
			Organization
	To the Instructor
		A Unique Conceptual Approach
		Features
Part I Remembrance of Things Past
	Dinosaur Tales
		The Word \'\'Dinosaur\'\' in this Book
	Science
		Science = Testing Hypotheses
			The \'\'Proof\'\' is in. . . the Test!
		Science in the Popular Media
	Selected Readings
	Chapter 1 To Catch a Dinosaur
		WHAT\'S IN THIS CHAPTER
		Preservation and Fossils
			Making Body Fossils
				Before Burial
				Burial
				After Burial
				Trace Fossils
				Other Fossils
		Bagging a Dinosaur
			Finding Fossils
		Collecting
			Planning
				Logistics of an Expedition
				Science of Where to Look
				Right Rocks
				Right Time
				Living on Land
			Prospecting
			Collecting
			Back at the Ranch: Preparing and Curating
				Stickershock
		Summary
		Selected Readings
		Topic Questions
	Chapter 2 Dinosaur Days
		WHAT\'S IN THIS CHAPTER
		When Did Dinosaurs Live (and How Do We Know)?
			Geochronology
				The Ages of the Ages
				Choosing the Right Isotope
			Lithostratigraphy
				Sedimentation and Sedimentary Rocks
				Relative Dating
			Biostratigraphy
				Eras and Periods and Epochs, Oh My!
		Continents and Climates
			Late Triassic Epoch
			Early and Middle Jurassic Epochs
			Late Jurassic Epoch
			Early Cretaceous Epoch
			Late Cretaceous Epoch
		Climates During the Time of the Dinosaurs
			Heat Retention in Continents and Oceans
			Climates Through the Mesozoic Era
		Summary
		Selected Readings
		Topic Questions
		Appendix 2.1 Chemistry Quick \'n Dirty
		Appendix 2.2 Plate Tectonics
	Chapter 3 Who\'s Related to Whom - and How Do We Know?
		WHAT\'S IN THIS CHAPTER
		Who Are You?
		Organic Evolution
			Relationship and the Linnaean Classification System
			Determining Relationships
				Homology
			Chopping Down Evolutionary Trees
		Phylogenetic Systematics - the Reconstruction of Phylogeny
			Hierarchy
			Characters
			Cladograms
			Cladograms and Organic Evolution
			Cladograms are Phylogenetic Trees
			Parsimony
			Phylogenetic Trees (Cladograms) are Science
				Testing a Phylogenetic Tree
			Leaving Linnaeus: Introducing a Phylogenetic Classification - by Definition
		Summary
		Selected Readings
		Topic Questions
		Appendix 3.1 What is \'\'Organic Evolution\'\'?
	Chapter 4 Who Are the Dinosaurs?
		WHAT\'S IN THIS CHAPTER
		Finding the History of Life
		The Beginning
			Chordata
			Vertebrata
		Tetrapoda
			The Tetrapod Skeleton Made Easy
				Vertebral Column
				Girdles
				Chest
				Legs and Arms
				Head
			Within Tetrapoda
			Amniota
			Anapsids and Synapsida
		Diapsida
			Archosauromorpha
		Dinosaurs
			Standing Tall
		Summary
		Selected Readings
		Topic Questions
	Chapter 5 In the Beginning. . .
		WHAT\'S IN THIS CHAPTER
		Finding the First Dinosaur
		Archosauria
			Crurotarsi vs. Ornithodira
			Dinosauromorpha
			Dinosauria
		Early Dinosauria
		Ornithischia and Saurischia
		Is Saurischia More Primitive than Ornithischia?
		The Evolution of Dinosauria
		Let the Games Begin!
			What a Difference a Stage Makes
			Land Grabs: Competition, or Colonization?
				The Carnian Pluvial Episode
		Feathers
			Who Invented Feathers?
		Feathers Without Flight
			Insulation
			Stylin\'
			Senses
			Embryology
		Summary
		Selected Readings
		Topic Questions
Part II Saurischia: Meat, Might, Muscle, and Magnitude
	Trouble in Paradise
	What Makes a Saurischian a Saurischian?
	Selected Readings
	Chapter 6 Theropoda I: Nature Red in Tooth and Claw
		WHAT\'S IN THIS CHAPTER
		Theropoda
			Eating Meat the Theropod Way
			Who are Theropods?
		Theropod Lives and Lifestyles
			Running for Your Life
			Theropods were Surely Cursorial Animals!
			Paws and Claws
			Teeth and Jaws
				Toothless
			Senses
				Making Sense(s) of Tyrannosaurs
			Balance
			Thoughts of a Theropod
			The Skinny on Skin
			Eaters and Eatees
				Cannibals
			Triceratops Spoils or Spoiled Triceratops
				Jurassic Pack
			Social Behavior: Sex and the Single rex
				Sexual Dimorphism and its Role in Sexual Selection
				The Wonderful World of Color
			Mama\'s (?) Little Theropod
		Summary
		Selected Readings
		Topic Questions
	Chapter 7 Theropoda II: Meet the Theropods
		WHAT\'S IN THIS CHAPTER
			Major Events in Theropod Evolution
		Neotheropoda
		Tetanurae
			Avetheropoda
				Carnosauria and Coelurosauria
				Convergent Evolution in Large Theropods
		Coelurosauria
			Tyrannosauroidea
			Compsognathidae and Ornithomimosauria
			Maniraptora
			Paraves
			Scansoriopterygidae
				Now Hold Yer Pegasi There, Cowboy!
				Avialae
		Summary
		Selected Readings
		Topic Questions
	Chapter 8 Theropoda III: The Origin and Early Evolution of Birds
		WHAT\'S IN THIS CHAPTER
		Avialae
			Meet Archaeopteryx lithographica
				Neither Fish Nor Foul
			Enter the Jehol Biota
				Birds of the Jehol: Filling in the Gap Between Archaeopteryx and Modern Birds
		The Mesozoic Avialary
			Primitive Avialians
			Ornithoraces
				Enantiornithes
				Ornithuromorpha
		Neornithes (Aves)
			Molecular Clocks
			The End of an Era
		Origin of Avian Flight
			Towards a Model for the Origin of Flight in Birds
			Forgetting History
			Having a Purpose in Life
			The Evolution of Controlled, Powered Flight
			A Closing Thought
		Summary
		Selected Readings
		Topic Questions
		Appendix 8.1 What Makes a Modern Bird a Modern Bird?
		Feathers
		Loss of Teeth
		Large Brains
		Carpometacarpus
		Legs and Feet
		Pygostyle
		Pneumatic Bones
		Rigid Skeleton
		Flight Musculature
	Chapter 9 Sauropodomorpha
		Sauropodomorpha
			Who are Sauropodomorphs?
			Sauropodomorphs: Among the Very First Dinosaurs
		\'\'Prosauropods\'\'
			\'\'Prosauropod\'\' Lives and Lifestyles
				Feeding
				Need for Speed?
				Socializing
				Eggs, Nests, and Babies
		Sauropoda
			Design
			Thoughts of a Sauropod
			Lives of the Huge and Ancient
				A Place to Roam
			Reaching for the Stars
				Feeding
				Locomotion
			Hanging with the Big Dogs
				Defense
				Growth and Development
		The Evolution of Sauropodomorpha
			Sauropoda
		Summary
		Selected Readings
		Topic Questions
Part III Ornithischia: Armored, Horned, and Duck-Billed Dinosaurs
	What Makes an Ornithischian an Ornithischian?
	Chew Chew Chew-Boogie!
		Chewing in Mammals
		Chewing in Dinosaurs
	Ornithischia: the Big Picture
		The Most Primitive Ornithischians: Heterodontosaurids, Lesothosaurus, and Their Friends
	The Rest of Ornithischia
		Genasauria
		Thyreophora
		Neornithischia
		Cerapoda
	Selected Readings
	Chapter 10 Thyreophora: The Armor-Bearers
		WHAT\'S IN THIS CHAPTER
		Thyreophora
			Who are Thyreophorans?
			Primitive Thyreophora
		Eurypoda
		Eurypoda: Stegosauria
			Stegosaurian Lives and Lifestyles
				Locomotion
				Dealin\' with Mealin\'
				No Brains, One Brain, or Two Brains?
				Social Lives of the Enigmatic
				Spines and Plates
				Hot Plates?
		Eurypoda: Ankylosauria - Mass and Gas
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				Nodosauridae
				Ankylosauridae
			Ankylosaur Lives and Lifestyles
				Mouths to Feed
				Brains and Senses
				Defense
		The Evolution of Thyreophora
			Thyreophora
			Eurypoda
			Stegosauria
			Ankylosauria
			Ankylosauridae
			Nodosauridae
		Summary
		Selected Readings
		Topic Questions
	Chapter 11 Marginocephalia: Bumps, Bosses, and Beaks
		WHAT\'S IN THIS CHAPTER
		Marginocephalia
			Who Were Marginocephalians?
		Marginocephalia: Pachycephalosauria - in Domes We Trust
			Pachycephalosaur Lives and Lifestyles
				Where Did a Pachycephalosaur Call Home?
				Feeding
			Pachycephalosaur Brains
				Using Your Head. . . For a Battering Ram?
				Building a Better Butt-er
				Conscientious Objectors?
			Socializing Pachycephalosaur Style
				Sexual Selection
		The Evolution of Pachycephalosauria
			But is it Right?
		Marginocephalia: Ceratopsia - Horns and All the Frills
			Ceratopsian Lives and Lifestyles
				Dressed and Ready to Chew
				Beyond the Mouth
				Locomotion
				Bringing Up Baby
				Horns, Frills, and Ceratopsian Behavior
					And Now the Data Become a Bit Murky. . .
				Thoughts of a Ceratopsian
					Color me. . . countershaded!
		The Evolution of Ceratopsia
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				The Evolution of Behavior
		Summary
		Selected Readings
		Topic Questions
	Chapter 12 Ornithopoda: Mighty Mesozoic Masticators
		WHAT\'S IN THIS CHAPTER
		Ornithopoda
			Who Were the Ornithopods?
			Ornithopod Lives and Lifestyles
				Gettin\' Around
				Arms and Hands
				Dietary Fiber
				Thoughts of an Ornithopod
			Socializing à la Ornithopoda
				Song of the Saurian
				Other Ornithopods
				Bringing Up Baby II
		The Evolution of Ornithopoda
		Summary
		Selected Readings
		Topic Questions
Part IV Endothermy, Endemism, and Extinction
	Chapter 13 The Paleobiology of Dinosaurs I
		WHAT\'S IN THIS CHAPTER
		Paleobiology
		Dino Breath
			Every Breath You Take
		Dino Brains
		Dino Bones
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				Haversian Bone
				LAGs
				LAGs as Time Markers
				Age
				Growth
		Tonnage
		Fleet-Footed. . . or Flat-Footed
		Pathologies
		Zombies
		Summary
		Selected Readings
		Topic Questions
	Chapter 14 The Paleobiology of Dinosaurs II: Dinosaur Metabolism - Some Like it Hot
		WHAT\'S IN THIS CHAPTER
		The Way They Were
		Physiology: Temperature Talk
		So What About Dinosaurs?
			The Cladogram
			Early Evidence for Dinosaur Endothermy that Fueled the Dinosaur Renaissance
				Stance
				Legs
				Of Predators and their Prey
				Hearts and Minds
				The Nose Shows, and the Head Shows (Once You Know What to Look For)
				Where the Wild Things Are
		Bone Histology
		Air Conditioning
		Stable Isotopes
			Core-to-Extremities
			Direct Temperature Measurements
			Latitudinal Gradients
			Clumped Isotopes
			Different Strokes for Different Folks?
		Summary
		Selected Readings
		Topic Questions
		Appendix 14.1 Chain of Fuels
		Cellular Respiration
	Chapter 15 The Flowering of the Mesozoic
		WHAT\'S IN THIS CHAPTER
		Dinosaurs in the Mesozoic Era
			Limitations of the Sedimentary Record
			Preservation
			Dinosaurs Through Time
			In the Beginning. . . the Late Triassic (237 Ma to 201.3 Ma)
				The Rise of Dinosaurs - an Ecological Perspective
				Out-competition - Dinosaurs were Just Superior
				Filling the Vacated Planet?
				Continental Distributions and the Late Triassic Fauna
			Jurassic (201.3 Ma to 145 Ma)
			Cretaceous (145 Ma to 66.1 Ma)
				Endemism
				Across the Bering Straits?
				After the Ball is Over
		Plants and Dinosaurian Herbivores
			Plants
			Dinosaurs and Plants
				Plants
				Coevolution
		Summary
		Selected Readings
		Topic Questions
	Chapter 16 A History of Dinosaur Paleontology Through the Ideas of Dinosaur Paleontologists
		WHAT\'S IN THIS CHAPTER
		In the Beginning
		Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
		The Nineteenth Century Through the Mid Twentieth Century
			Dinosaurs in the Victorian Age
				Dinosaurs Divided
		Dinosaurs in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
		Dinosaurs Before Jurassic Park (BJP): the Second Half of the Twentieth Century (Most of it Anyway!)
			The Dinosaur Renaissance
			Phylogenetic Systematics Enters the Fray
				Birds are Living Dinosaurs
			More Baby-Boomers in the Game
			Other Big Changes BJP: Extinction of (Nonavian) Dinosauria
		Dinosaurs After Jurassic Park - the Late 1990s
		Today: Young Turks and Old Turkeys
		Summary
		Selected Readings
		Topic Questions
	Chapter 17 The Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction: The Frill is Gone
		WHAT\'S IN THIS CHAPTER
		How Important Were the Deaths of a Few Dinosaurs?
		Asteroid Impact!
			The \'\'Smoking Gun\'\'
		Volcanic Eruptions
		Biological Record of the Latest Cretaceous
			Oceans
				Continental Seas and Shelves
				Marine Microorganisms
				The \'\'Strangelove\'\' Ocean
			Terrestrial Record
				Plants
			Vertebrates
				Mammals
				Dinosaurs
		Extinction Hypotheses
			Testability and Parsimony
			Extinction Hypotheses
				Does the Idea that an Asteroid Impact Caused the K-Pg Extinctions have Predictable Consequences?
			Recovery
				Does the Asteroid Impact Hypothesis Explain all the Data?
			Other Hypotheses
				Multiple Causes
			So What Happened at the K-Pg Boundary?
		Summary
		Selected Readings
		Topic Questions
Glossary
Index of Subjects
Index of Genera