Footnote:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description:
"Geared towards a broad variety of students, Dinosaurs: The Textbook (the sixth edition published in 2013; this wil be the seventh 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) in art, literature, film, and other forms of popular culture. This seventh edition be revised throughout to reflect new discoveries and trends in dinosaur science, and to better fit the needs of the course market"--