Dinosaur Eggs and Babies

Foreword: tribute to Robert Makela J. R. Horner; Preface; List of institutional abbreviations; Introduction K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner; Part I. Distribution and History of Collecting: 1. Global distribution of dinosaur eggs, nests and baby skeletons K. Carpenter, and K. Alf; 2. The discovery of dinosaur eggshells in nineteenth century France E. Buffetaut, and J. Le Loeuff; Part II. Nests: 3. Dinosaur nesting patterns J. Moratalla, and J. Powell; 4. Dinosaurian eggs from the Upper Cretaceous of Uruguay G. Faccio; 5. Dinosaur egg laying and nesting in France R. Cousin, G. Breton, R. Fournier, and J-P. Watte; 6. Late Maastrichtian dinosaur eggs from the Hateg Basin D. Grigorescu, D. Weishampel, D. Norman, M. Seclamen, M. Rusus, A. Baltres, and V. Teodorescu; 7. Eggs and nests from the Cretaceous of Mongolia K. Mikhailov, K. Sabath, and S. Kurzanov; 8. Comparative taphonomy of some dinosaur and extant bird colonial nesting grounds J. R. Horner; 9. Predation of dinosaur nests by terrestrial crocodiles J. Kirkland; Part III. Eggs: 10. Upper Jurassic eggshells from the western interior of North America K. F. Hirsch; 11. Review of French dinosaur eggshells: eggshell morphology, structure, mineral and organic composition M. Vianey-Liaud, P. Mallan, O. Buscail, and C. Montgelard; 12. Dinosaur eggs in China: on the structure and evolution of eggshells Z. Zi-Kui; 13. Upper Cretaceous dinosaur eggs and nesting sites from the Deccan volcano-sedimentary province of peninsula India A. Sahni, S. K. Tandon, A. Jolly, S. Bajpai, A. Sood, and S. Srinivasan; Part IV. Dinosaur Babies: 14. Life history syndromes, heterochrony, and the evolution of Dinosauria D. Weishampel, and J. R. Horner; 15. Dinosaur reproduction in the fast lane: implication for size, success and extinction G. Paul; 16. An embryonic Camarasaurus from the Upper Jurassic Morrison formation B. Britt, and B. Naylor; 17. Upper Jurassic sauropod babies from the Morrison formation K. Carpenter, and J. McIntosh; 18. Thermal travails of ornithopod nestings: implications for endothermy and insulation G. Paul; 19. A baby Dryosaurus from the Upper Jurassic Morrison formation of Dinosaur National Monument K. Carpenter; 20. An embryo of Camptosaurus from the Brushy Basin Member D. Chure, C. Turner, and F. Peterson; 21. Ontogenetic growth of a new species of Hypacrosaurus J. R. Horner, and P. Currie; 22. A nodosaurid scuteling from the Texas shore of the Western Interior Seaway L. Jacobs, D. Winkler, P. Murray, and J. Maurice; 23. Dinosaur ontogeny and population structure: interpretations based on fossil footprints from North America M. Lockley; 24. Summary and prospectus K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner; Taxonomic Index.