Dinosaurs 4
The Encyclopedia, Supplement 4
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About the Book
Here is the fourth supplement to Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia, a 1998 American Library Association Outstanding Reference Book (ARBA called it “a reference legend…lavishly illustrated, cleverly written, and extraordinarily comprehensive”).
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:
ISBN 978-0-7864-7222-2 Originial Encyclopedia
ISBN 978-0-7864-0591-6 Supplement 1
ISBN 978-0-7864-1166-5 Supplement 2
ISBN 978-0-7864-1518-2 Supplement 3
ISBN 978-0-7864-2295-1 Supplement 4
ISBN 978-0-7864-3241-7 Supplement 5
ISBN 978-0-7864-4187-7 Supplement 6
ISBN 978-1-4766-6548-1 Supplement 7
About the Author(s)
Bibliographic Details
Donald F. Glut
Foreword by Peter J. Makovicky
Format: library binding (8.5 x 11)
Pages: 761
Bibliographic Info: 590 photos, glossary, appendices, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2006
pISBN: 978-0-7864-2295-1
Imprint: McFarland
Series: Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments v
Foreword, by Peter J. Makovicky, Ph.D. vii
Preface xi
I. Introduction 1
The Mesozoic Era 17
New Discoveries, Ideas and Studies 22
The Continuing Ectothermy/Endothermy Debate 117
Dinosaurs and Birds 121
Dinosaur Extinctions 130
II. Dinosaurian Systematics 137
III. Dinosaurian Genera 225
IV. Excluded Genera 575
A List of Abbreviations 579
Appendix One: Pterosaurs 583
Appendix Two: Mesozoic Birds 635
Glossary 677
Bibliography 689
Index 731
Book Reviews & Awards
“highly recommended”—ARBA; “invaluable”—Dino Land Book Reviews; “Dino-guru Glut has pounded out another massive encyclopedic tome on dinosaurs…highly recommended”—Fossil News; “a must”—Prehistoric Times; “I would like to nominate Don Glut as superhuman of the decade… ‘must have’”—Priscum.