Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia, Supplement 3

About this book

This reference work is the third supplement to Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia (a 1998 American Library Association Outstanding Reference Book) and follows the intent and format of the encyclopedia and the first two supplements. This continuation of what is now the standard encyclopedia provides up-to-date concepts, based on the latest original research of palaeontologists, on such topics as the Mesozoic Era; new discoveries, ideas and studies; ectothermy versus endothermy; dinosaurs and birds; dinosaur extinctions; dinosaurian systematics; dinosaurian genera; nomina nuda and excluded genera; and an appendix discussing dinosaur tracks and eggs. Supplemental volumes do not repeat information from earlier volumes, but build upon them.

Contents

Acknowledgments   v
Foreword, by Luis M. Chiappe, PhD   vi
Preface   ix
I Introduction   1
The Mesozoic Era   11
New Discoveries, Ideas and Studies   16
No Consensus Yet— Ectothermy versus Endothermy   114
Dinosaurs and Birds   117
Dinosaur Extinctions   138
II Dinosaurian Systematics   145
III Dinosaurian Genera   205
IV Nomina Nuda   599
V Excluded Genera   605
A List of Abbreviations   609
Appendix: Dinosaur Tracks and Eggs   613
Glossary   653
Bibliography   665
Index   709

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