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Dinosaurs
ISBN-13:
9780429882463
Veröffentl:
2020
Seiten:
562
Autor:
Mary Higby Schweitzer
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
0 - No protection
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This textbook introduces research on dinosaurs by describing the science behind how we know what we know about dinosaurs. A wide range of topics is covered, from fossils and taphonomy to dinosaur physiology, evolution, and extinction. In addition, sedimentology, paleo-tectonics, and non-dinosaurian Mesozoic life are discussed.
How Science Operates. When Dinosaurs Lived. The dinosaur hunters and the history of paleontology. Evolutionary processes and principles. Dinosaurs on the Tree of Life. Defining a Dinosaur. Systematics & Phylogenetics. Ornithischia . Saurischia. Bones and Anatomy. Dinosaurs in Motion. Taphonomy. What did dinosaurs look like? Habitats and ecology. Diet. Behavior. Reproduction. Physiology and growth. Dinosaur-bird transitions and the origin of flight. Not Quite Dinosaurs. Extinctions.
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