Dinosaur Odyssey
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Dinosaur Odyssey

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Dinosaur Odyssey

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This captivating book, laced with evocative anecdotes from the field, gives the first holistic, up-to-date overview of dinosaurs and their world for a wide audience of readers. Situating these fascinating animals in a broad ecological and evolutionary context, leading dinosaur expert Scott D. Sampson fills us in on the exhilarating discoveries of the past twenty-five years, the most active period in the history of dinosaur paleontology, during which more "new" species were named than in all prior history. With these discoveries—and the most recent controversies—in mind, Sampson reconstructs the odyssey of the dinosaurs from their humble origins on the supercontinent Pangaea, to their reign as the largest animals the planet has ever known, and finally to their abrupt demise. Much more than the story of who ate whom way back when, Dinosaur Odyssey places dinosaurs in an expansive web of relationships with other organisms and demonstrates how they provide a powerful lens through which to observe the entire natural world. Addressing topics such as extinction, global warming, and energy flow, Dinosaur Odyssey finds that the dinosaurs' story is, in fact, a major chapter in our own story.

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Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9780520944428
Edition
1
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Geology & Earth Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. FOREWORD
  4. PREFACE
  5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  6. 1. TREASURE ISLAND
  7. 2. STARDUST SAURIANS
  8. 3. DRAMATIS DINOSAURAE
  9. 4. DRIFTING CONTINENTS ANDGLOBE-TROTTINGDINOSAURS
  10. 5. SOLAR EATING
  11. 6. THE RIVER OF LIFE
  12. 7. THE GREEN GRADIENT
  13. 8. PANOPLY OF PREDATORS
  14. 9. HIDDEN STRANDS
  15. 10.OF HORN-HEADSAND DUCK-BILLS
  16. 11. THE GOLDILOCKS HYPOTHESIS
  17. 12. CINDERELLASAURUS
  18. 13. JURASSIC PARK DREAMS
  19. 14. WEST SIDE STORY
  20. 15. THE WAY OF ALL CREATURES
  21. EPILOGUE: Whispers from the Grave
  22. NOTES AND REFERENCES
  23. GLOSSARY
  24. ART AND PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS
  25. INDEX