Dinosaurs The Textbook 7th Edition by Spencer Lucas 9780231556279 0231556276

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• ISBN 10: 0231556276
• ISBN 13: 9780231556279
• Author: Spencer Lucas

Geared toward a broad variety of students, Dinosaurs: The Textbook offers a concise and lucid presentation of the core biological and geological concepts of dinosaur science. Revised throughout to reflect recent fossil discoveries and the current scientific consensus, this seventh edition details the evolution, phylogeny, and classification of various dinosaur species while modeling the best approach for navigating new and existing research. Spencer G. Lucas takes readers through the major taxonomic groups, including theropods, sauropodomorphs, ornithopods, ceratopsians, pachycephalosaurs, stegosaurs, and ankylosaurs. He also examines the behavior and extinction of the dinosaurs, their biological relationship to birds, and their representation (or misrepresentation) in art, literature, film, and other forms of popular culture. This seventh edition of the leading text for introductory courses on dinosaurs incorporates comprehensive updates based on the latest research. Lucas highlights how dinosaur science is rapidly evolving, exploring how new discoveries, methods, and ideas are expanding the frontiers of knowledge. The book features cutting-edge and scientifically rigorous illustrations by leading paleoartists. It also includes extensive and reader-friendly end-of-chapter summary tools, review questions, a detailed glossary, a dinosaur dictionary, and a comprehensive index.

Table contents:

1 Introduction

2 Evolution, Phylogeny, and Classification

3 Fossils, Sedimentary Environments, and Geologic Time

4 The Origin of Dinosaurs

5 Theropods

6 Sauropodomorphs

7 Ornithopods

8 Stegosaurs and Ankylosaurs

9 Ceratopsians and Pachycephalosaurs

10 The Dinosaurian World

11 Dinosaur Hunters

12 Dinosaur Trace Fossils

13 Dinosaur Biology and Behavior

14 Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs?

15 Dinosaurs and the Origin of Birds

16 The Extinction of Dinosaurs

17 Dinosaurs in the Public Eye

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