The Reference Shelf: Dinosaurs

Author John J. Meier

Publisher Salem Press

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Author

John J. Meier

Publisher

Salem Press

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Copyright

2011

ISBN13

9780824212643

Release

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eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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From their origins and evolution to their much-debated extinction, this volume features the latest scholarship on dinosaurs. Coverage includes basic background information distilled from the fossil record as well as more speculative and theoretical material.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Preface.
1: What were the Dinosaurs?.
2: Dinosauria.
3: Dinosaur Dreams.
4: Extreme Dinosaurs.
5: Flesh & Bone.
6: Dinosaurs under the Knife.
7: Bone Sharps, Fossil Hunters, and Dinosaur Experts.
8: Where Dinosaurs Roamed.
9: For Fossil Hunters, Gobi is No Desert.
10: Journey to the Past.
11: Bone Hunt.
12: Dinosaur Shocker!.
13: The Dino Wars.
14: Of a Feather? The Bird-Dinosaur Link.
15: Are Birds Dinosaurs?.
16: Which Came First, the Feather or the Bird?.
17: Bird’s-Eye View.
18: Dinotopia.
19: Origin of Species.
20: Mass Extinction: What Killed the Dinosaurs?.
21: Were Dinosaurs the Victims of a Single Catastrophe?: Part 1.
22: Were Dinosaurs the Victims of a Single Catastrophe?: Part 2.
23: New Theory on Dinosaurs.
24: Yucatan Asteroid didn’t Kill the Dinosaurs, Study Says.
25: I am become Death, Destroyer of Worlds.
26: A Theory Set in Stone.
27: New Discoveries.
28: The Hunt for Predator X.
29: Bringing up Baby.
30: Winged Victory.
31: Blood from Stone.
32: Dinosaurs’ Living Descendants.
Bibliography.
Index.
About the Editor.
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