Dinosaurs : How We Know What We Know

Schweitzer, Mary Higby/ Schroeter, Elena Rita/ Czajka, Charles Doug

CRC Press（2020/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 562 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781138608160
• DDC分類 567.9

Full Description

This textbook introduces research on dinosaurs by describing the science behind how we know what we know about dinosaurs. A wide range of topics is covered, from fossils and taphonomy to dinosaur physiology, evolution, and extinction. In addition, sedimentology, paleo-tectonics, and non-dinosaurian Mesozoic life are discussed. There is a special opportunity to capitalize on the enthusiasm for dinosaurs that students bring to classrooms to foster a deeper engagement in all sciences. Students are encouraged to synthesize information, employ critical thinking, construct hypotheses, devise methods to test these hypotheses, and come to new defensible conclusions, just as paleontologists do.

Key Features




Clear and easy to read dinosaur text with well-defined terminology



Over 600 images and diagrams to illustrate concepts and aid learning



Reading objectives for each chapter section to guide conceptual learning and encourage active reading



Companion website (teachingdinosaurs.com) that includes supporting materials such as in-class activities, question banks, lists of suggested specimens, and more to encourage student participation and active learning



Ending each chapter with a specific "What We Don't Know" section to encourage student curiosity

Related Titles

Singer, R. Encyclopedia of Paleontology (ISBN 978-1-884964-96-1)

Fiorillo, A. R. Alaska Dinosaurs: An Ancient Arctic World (ISBN 978-1-138-06087-6)

Caldwell, M. W. The Origin of Snakes: Morphology and the Fossil Record (ISBN 978-1-4822-5134-0)

Contents

How Science Operates. When Dinosaurs Lived. The dinosaur hunters and the history of paleontology. Evolutionary processes and principles. Dinosaurs on the Tree of Life. Defining a Dinosaur. Systematics & Phylogenetics. Ornithischia . Saurischia. Bones and Anatomy. Dinosaurs in Motion. Taphonomy. What did dinosaurs look like? Habitats and ecology. Diet. Behavior. Reproduction. Physiology and growth. Dinosaur-bird transitions and the origin of flight. Not Quite Dinosaurs. Extinctions.