Spencer Lucas
Dinosaurs: The Textbook
Dinosaurs: The Textbook
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Dinosaurs: The Textbook provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to dinosaur science,covering evolution, phylogeny, classification, behavior, extinction, and their representation in popular culture. With revised content and illustrations by leading paleoartists, it is ideal for students of all levels.
Format: Hardback
Length: 392 pages
Publication date: 19 July 2022
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Dinosaurs: The Textbook, written with a broad range of students in mind, provides a concise and clear introduction to the fundamental biological and geological concepts of dinosaur science. This seventh edition has been extensively revised to reflect recent fossil discoveries and the current scientific consensus. It delves into the evolution, phylogeny, and classification of various dinosaur species, showcasing the most effective approaches for navigating both new and established research.
Author Spencer G. Lucas guides readers through the major taxonomic groups, including theropods, sauropodomorphs, ornithopods, ceratopsians, pachycephalosaurs, stegosaurs, and ankylosaurs. He also explores the behavior, extinction, biological relationships to birds, and misrepresentation of dinosaurs in art, literature, film, and popular culture.
Incorporating comprehensive updates based on the latest research, this edition of Dinosaurs: The Textbook emphasizes the rapid evolution of dinosaur science. Lucas highlights how new discoveries, methods, and ideas are expanding the frontiers of knowledge. The book features cutting-edge and scientifically rigorous illustrations by renowned paleoartists. Additionally, it includes extensive end-of-chapter summary tools, review questions, a detailed glossary, a dinosaur dictionary, and a comprehensive index, making it an invaluable resource for introductory courses on dinosaurs.
Dimension: 279 x 216 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780231206006
Edition number: seventh edition
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