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Heinemann
Language
English
Pages
160

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Subjects
Dinosauria, Dinosaurs, Dinosaures, Dinosauria (extinct superorder)

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A new look at the dinosaurs
1979, Heinemann
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A New Look at the Dinosaurs
1979-01-01, WILLIAM HEINEMANN
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First Sentence

"Most of the readers of this book will presumably be interested in dinosaurs, for it is reasonable to suppose that few of those who are not so interested would even bother to open it."

Table of Contents

Preface Page 7 1. What were the dinosaurs? Page 9 2. Our changing world Page 22 3. How dinosaurs were fossilized Page 25 4. Fossils and time Page 34 5. The evolutionary tree Page 42 6. First discoveries Page 45 7. Hunting for dinosaurs Page 59 8. Dinosaurs as living animals Page 66 9. Principles of classification Page 76 10. Classification of dinosaurs Page 82 11. Origin of dinosaurs Page 93 12. Theropod dinosaurs: the carnivorous bipeds Page 104 13. Sauropodomorph dinosaurs: Diplodocus and its relatives Page 110 14. Ornithopod dinesaurs: herbivorous bipeds Page 116 15. Horned, plated and armoured dinosaurs Page 122 16. Warm blood and the dinosaurs Page 129 17. Dinosaurs and birds Page 133 18. Geographical distribution Page 141 19. Death of the dinosaurs Page 149 An outline classification of the dinosaurs (and other archosaurs) Page 152 Acknowledgements for illustrations Page 153 Where to see dinosaurs Page 154 Suggestions for further reading Page 155 Index Page 156

Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. [155]

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London
Copyright Date
1979

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
568/.19
Library of Congress
QE862.D5 C48 1979, QE862.D5 C48

The Physical Object

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160 p. :
Number of pages
160

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Open Library
OL14732642M
Internet Archive
newlookatdinosau0000char_e5r9
ISBN 10
0434122106
OCLC/WorldCat
6269535
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4365724

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