The Carnivorous Dinosaurs
The Carnivorous Dinosaurs

Author: Kenneth Carpenter

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2005-07-07

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 9780253345394

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The meat-eating dinosaurs, or Theropoda, include some of the fiercest predators that ever lived. Some of the group's members survive to this day—as birds. The theropod/bird connection has been explored in several recent works, but this book presents 17 papers on a variety of other topics. It is organized into three parts. Part I explores morphological details that are important for understanding theropod systematics. Part II focuses on specific regions of theropod anatomy and biomechanics. Part III examines various lines of evidence that reveal something about theropods as living creatures. The contributors are Ronan Allain, Rinchen Barsbold, Kenneth Carpenter, Karen Cloward, Rodolfo A. Coria, Philip J. Currie, Peter M. Galton, Robert Gay, Donald M. Henderson, Dong Huang, James I. Kirkland, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, Eva B. Koppelhus, Peter Larson, Junchang Lü, Lorrie A. McWhinney, Clifford Miles, Ralph E. Molnar, N. Murphy, John H. Ostrom, Gregory S. Paul, Licheng Qiu,J. Keith Rigby, Jr., Bruce Rothschild, Christopher B. Ruff, Leonardo Salgado, Frank Sanders, Julia T. Sankey, Judith A. Schiebout, David K. Smith, Barbara R. Standhardt, Kathy Stokosa, Darren H. Tanke, François Therrien, David Trexler, Kelly Wicks, Douglas G. Wolfe, and Lowell Wood.

Osteology of Deinonychus antirrhopus, an Unusual Theropod from the Lower Cretaceous of Montana
Osteology of Deinonychus antirrhopus, an Unusual Theropod from the Lower Cretaceous of Montana

Author: John H. Ostrom

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2019-01-01

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1933789395

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John H. Ostrom's expeditions to the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming and Montana in the 1960s resulted in discoveries and research that would change long-held concepts in paleontology. This fiftieth-anniversary edition of his now well-known description of the type specimen of Deinonychus antirrhopus revisits the work that redefined theropod dinosaurs as the intelligent, agile, and gregarious ancestors of modern birds and led in the late twentieth century to a renaissance in the study of dinosaurs and the evolution of flight.

Osteology of the Carnivorous Dinosauria in the United State National Museum
Osteology of the Carnivorous Dinosauria in the United State National Museum

Author: Charles Whitney Gilmore

Publisher:

Published: 1920

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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In the present paper it is proposed to discuss all of the Theropodous dinosaur specimens contained in the collections of the United States National Museum. The material at hand includes the remains of many individuals, several of which are represented by a considerable part of the skeleton, there are also quite a large number of separate bones.

The Complete Dinosaur
The Complete Dinosaur

Author: James Orville Farlow

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 792

ISBN-13: 9780253213136

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A highly illustrated celebration of dinosaurs for general readers, presenting a thorough survey from the earliest discoveries to contemporary controversies over extinction. Chapters are written by experts in fields including functional morphology, paleobiology, and biogeography, with sections on the discovery of dinosaurs, the study of dinosaurs, groups of dinosaurs, their biology, and dinosaur evolution. Highlights include discussion of new information on the warm-blooded/cold-blooded debate, new insights into the possibility of isolating dinosaur DNA, and a special section on dinosaurs in the media. While touted as accessible, treatment is sophisticated and assumes an educated and highly motivated readership. Includes a glossary, and bandw and color photos, drawings, paintings, and diagrams. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Skulls and Skeletons
Skulls and Skeletons

Author: Christine Quigley

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780786410682

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Of the parts of the human body, the bones have a unique durability that lends itself to collection. Provided a body has not been cremated, the skeletal remains can be recovered even millions of years after death, cleaned of flesh and debris, studied at length, and stored indefinitely without the maintenance that wet specimens require. Motivations for collecting human skeletal material range from the practical (in anthropology, medicine, forensics) to the ritualistic (phrenology, in the relics of martyrs and saints). This book is an examination of those motivations and the collections they have brought about--catacombs, ossuaries, mass graves, prehistoric excavations, private collections, and institutions. The book contains sections on procuring, handling, storing, transporting, cleaning, and identifying skeletal remains. The repatriation of remains and legislation covering the topic are also addressed.