Dinosaurs 2

This reference work is the second supplement to Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia (a 1998 American Library Association Outstanding Reference Book) and follows the intent and format of the encyclopedia and first supplement. This continuation of what is now the standard encyclopedia provides up-to-date concepts and evidence of dinosaur paleobiology and evolution. Various competing positions are well presented and exhaustively referenced.
The content is based on the latest original research of paleontologists, especially in dinosaur systematics, and genera, and covers such topics as the constant changes in technology and research methods, the Mesozoic Era in general, new theoretical ideas, the dinosaur-bird debate, dinosaur extinctions, and nomen nudum and excluded genera.

Supplemental volumes do not repeat information from earlier volumes, but build upon them: : view all volumes on the series page.

Donald F. Glut is a prolific book and article writer, and movie producer-director. He is the president of Frontline Entertainment and lives in Burbank, California.

Donald F. Glut
Foreword by Philip J. Currie
Format: softcover (8.5 x 11 in 2 vols.)
Pages: 696
Bibliographic Info: 448 photos, glossary, appendices, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2022 [2002]
pISBN: 978-1-4766-8901-2
Imprint: McFarland
Series: Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia

• Volume 1 •
Acknowledgments  v
Foreword, by Philip J. Currie, MSc, PhD, FRSC  vi
Preface  ix
I  Introduction  1
Never Ending Changes  4
The Mesozoic Era  5
New Discoveries, Ideas and Studies  9
Still Unresolved: Ectothermy or Endothermy? 86
The Dinosaur-Bird Debate: Nearing a Resolution? 94
Dinosaur Extinctions 106
II   Dinosaurian Systematics 113
III  Dinosaurian Genera
(Acanthopholis–Fukuiraptor) 185
• Volume 2 •
III  Dinosaurian Genera
(Gallimimus–Zuniceratops) 341
IV  Nomen Nudum and Excluded Genera 593
A List of Abbreviations 597
Appendix One: Displays, Sites and Attractions 601
Appendix Two: Further Reading 615
Glossary 623
Bibliography 635
Index 671

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