TY - BOOK AU - Paul,Gregory S. TI - The Princeton field guide to dinosaurs T2 - Princeton field guides SN - 9780691137209 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - QE861.4 .P387 2010 U1 - 567.9 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Princeton, N.J. PB - Princeton University Press KW - Dinosaurs N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 316) and index; Introduction. History of discovery and research ; What is a dinosaur? ; Dating dinosaurs ; The evolution of dinosaurs and their world ; Extinction ; After the age of dinosaurs ; Biology ; Behavior ; Growth ; Energetics ; Gigantism ; Mesozoic oxygen ; The evolution-- and loss-- of avian flight ; Dinosaur Safari ; If dinosaurs survived ; Dinosaur conservation ; Where dinosaurs are found ; Using the group and species descriptions -- Group and species accounts. Dinosaurs ; Theropods ; Sauropodomorphs ; Ornithischians N2 - World-renowned dinosaur illustrator and researcher Gregory Paul provides comprehensive visual and textual coverage of the great Mesozoic animals that gave rise to the living dinosaurs, the birds. Paul presents thorough descriptions of more than 735 dinosaur species and features more than 600 color and black-and-white images, including unique skeletal drawings, "life" studies, and scenic views ER -