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Dinosaurs: The Textbook
Spencer Lucas
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Description for Dinosaurs: The Textbook
Hardback. This book is an introduction to dinosaurs, providing the basic concepts of biology and geology needed to understand dinosaur science--the main taxonomic groups, the origin and extinction of dinosaurs, and dinosaur behavior--as well as a discussion of dinosaurs in popular culture. -- Num Pages: 392 pages, 311 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Geared towards a broad variety of students, Dinosaurs: The Textbook, sixth edition, is a concise and lucid presentation of the biological and geological concepts of dinosaur science. It clarifies the evolution, phylogeny, and classification of the various species while modeling the best approach for navigating new and existing research. Revised to reflect recent fossil discoveries and the current consensus on dinosaur science, this text moves through the major taxonomic groups-including theropods, sauropodomorphs, ornithopods, ceratopsians, pachycephalosaurs, stegosaurs, and ankylosaurs-and concludes with updated chapters on the behavior and extinction of the dinosaurs, their biological relationship to birds, and their representation (or misrepresentation) ... Read more
Geared towards a broad variety of students, Dinosaurs: The Textbook, sixth edition, is a concise and lucid presentation of the biological and geological concepts of dinosaur science. It clarifies the evolution, phylogeny, and classification of the various species while modeling the best approach for navigating new and existing research. Revised to reflect recent fossil discoveries and the current consensus on dinosaur science, this text moves through the major taxonomic groups-including theropods, sauropodomorphs, ornithopods, ceratopsians, pachycephalosaurs, stegosaurs, and ankylosaurs-and concludes with updated chapters on the behavior and extinction of the dinosaurs, their biological relationship to birds, and their representation (or misrepresentation) ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231173100
SKU
V9780231173100
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Ref
99-1
About Spencer Lucas
Spencer G. Lucas is the curator of paleontology at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. He has published more than 500 scientific articles and authored or coedited close to twenty volumes, including Chinese Fossil Vertebrates (2001).
Reviews for Dinosaurs: The Textbook
I don't think that you can produce a better book than what Spencer Lucas has written. It has been well proved over many years, and this thoroughly updated edition meets the demands of the rapidly evolving science.
Sherwood W. Wise Jr., professor of geological sciences, Florida State University This book is the best available introduction to dinosaurs for college ... Read more
Sherwood W. Wise Jr., professor of geological sciences, Florida State University This book is the best available introduction to dinosaurs for college ... Read more