Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia, Supplement 4

About this book

This is the fourth supplement to Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia, a 1998 American Library Association Outstanding Reference Book. 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 palaeontology, and furthers the ectothermy/endothermy debate from previous instalments. 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 palaeontology literature. Supplemental volumes do not repeat information from earlier volumes but build upon them.

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

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