Dinosaur Eggs and Babies -

Dinosaur Eggs and Babies

Buch | Softcover
392 Seiten
1996
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-56723-7 (ISBN)
75,95 inkl. MwSt
This is the first book solely devoted to this topic and reviews our present state of knowledge about this subject. Chapters in the book discuss all aspects of the science including the occurrence of eggs, nests and baby skeletons, analyses of eggs and egg shells, nesting behaviour and developmental growth of baby dinosaurs.
In the last couple of decades the study of dinosaur eggs and babies has proved to be one of the most exciting and profitable areas of dinosaur research. This is the first book solely devoted to this topic and reviews, in scientific detail, our present state of knowledge about this exciting area of palaeontology. Chapters in the book discuss all aspects of the science including the occurrence of eggs, nests and baby skeletons, descriptive osteology of juvenile skeletons, comparative histology of juvenile bone, analyses of eggs and egg shells, palaeoenvironments of nesting sites, nesting behaviour and developmental growth of baby dinosaurs. The volume will be an invaluable addition to the book collections of vertebrate palaeontologists and their graduate students.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 26.1.1996
Zusatzinfo 95 Halftones, unspecified; 143 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 253 mm
Gewicht 833 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Mineralogie / Paläontologie
ISBN-10 0-521-56723-8 / 0521567238
ISBN-13 978-0-521-56723-7 / 9780521567237
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