Dinosaurs The Encyclopedia

This reference work is the third supplement toDinosaurs: The Encyclopedia(a 1998 American Library AssociationOutstanding Reference Book) and follows the intent and format of the encyclopedia and the first two supplements ("superb...the scope is phenomenal"-ARBA;"recommended"-Booklist/RBB). This continuation of what is now the standard encyclopedia provides up-to-date concepts, based on the latest original research of paleontologists, on such topics as the Mesozoic Era; new discoveries, ideas and studies; ectothermy versus endothermy; dinosaurs and birds; dinosaur extinctions; dinosaurian systematics; dinosaurian genera; nomina nuda and excluded genera; and an appendix discussing dinosaur tracks and eggs.Glut, Donald F. is the author of 'Dinosaurs The Encyclopedia' with ISBN 9780786415182 and ISBN 0786415185.