Dinosaurs : The Encyclopedia, Supplement 4 (Dinosaurs: the Encyclopedia) （Library Binding）

Glut, Donald F.

McFarland & Co Inc（2006/01発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 761 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786422951
• DDC分類 567.9

Full Description

Here is the fourth supplement to Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia, a 1998 American Library Association Outstanding Reference Book. This volume updates the concepts discussed in the encyclopedia and its earlier supplements. It includes a discussion of the Mesozoic Era, covers recent discoveries in paleontology, and furthers the ectothermy/endothermy debate from previous installments. It also offers lengthy sections on dinosaurian schematics and genera and updates the encyclopedia's list of excluded genera. Appendices discuss Pterosaurs and Mesozoic birds, and a glossary is included to aid students and scientists alike. The extensive bibliography lists the most recent peer-evaluated paleontology literature. Supplemental volumes do not repeat information from earlier volumes, but build upon them: view all volumes on the series page.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     

Foreword, by Peter J. Makovicky, Ph.D.     

Preface      

I. Introduction     

The Mesozoic Era     

New Discoveries, Ideas and Studies     

The Continuing Ectothermy/Endothermy Debate     

Dinosaurs and Birds     

Dinosaur Extinctions     

II. Dinosaurian Systematics     

III. Dinosaurian Genera     

IV. Excluded Genera     

A List of Abbreviations     

Appendix One: Pterosaurs     

Appendix Two: Mesozoic Birds     

Glossary     

Bibliography     

Index