Barnum Brown [[electronic resource] ] : the man who discovered Tyrannosaurus rex / / Lowell Dingus and Mark A. Norell |
Autore | Dingus Lowell |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
Disciplina |
560.92
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | NorellMark |
Soggetto topico |
Paleontologists - United States
Tyrannosaurus rex |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
american scientists barnum brown biographical dinosaur species dinosaurs famous discoveries famous scientists field notes fossil hunters fossils historical account legendary figures letters natural history natural sciences nonfiction oil paleontologist science historians science history scientific discoveries scientific expeditions scientists tyrannosaurus rex united states us government western frontier |
ISBN |
1-282-55614-2
9786612556142 0-520-94552-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Prologue. The Mindset of Barnum Brown -- One. Child of the Frontier (1873-1889) -- Two. Student . . . of Sorts (1889 - 1896) -- Three. Apprentice Extraordinaire (1896 - 1898) -- Four. To Land's End: Patagonia (1898 - 1900) -- Five. To the Depths of Hell Creek (1900 - 1903) -- Six. Love (1903 - 1906) -- Seven. Loss (1906 - 1910) -- Eight. The Canadian Dinosaur Bone Rush (1910 - 1916) -- Nine. Cuba, Abyssinia, and Other Intrigues (1916 - 1921) -- Ten. Jewels from the Orient: Raj India (1921 - 1923) -- Eleven. Perils and Pearls Up the Irrawaddy: Burma (1923) -- Twelve. Samos: Isle of Intrigue (1923 - 1925) -- Thirteen. Ancient Americans Hunting Bison? Birds as Dinosaurs? (1925 - 1931) -- Fourteen. Digging - and Flying - for Dinosaurs -- Fifteen. Toward the Golden Years -- Sixteen. Brown as a Spy, Movie Consultant, and Showman at the World's Fair (1942 - 1963) -- Epilogue -- Appendix One -- Appendix Two -- Appendix Three -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781037603321 |
Dingus Lowell | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Dinosaur odyssey [[electronic resource] ] : fossil threads in the web of life / / Scott D. Sampson |
Autore | Sampson Scott D |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
Disciplina | 567.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Dinosaurs
Paleontology |
Soggetto non controllato |
avian dinosaurs
biology creatures dinosauria dinosaurs ecology energy glow environmental history evolution evolutionary history of life extinction fossil records geology global warming historical history natural world nature non avian dinosaurs palaeontology paleontology phenomenon reptiles science scientific study supercontinent pangaea |
ISBN |
1-282-70350-1
9786612703508 0-520-94442-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. TREASURE ISLAND -- 2. STARDUST SAURIANS -- 3. DRAMATIS DINOSAURAE -- 4. DRIFTING CONTINENTS AND GLOBE-TROTTING DINOSAURS -- 5. SOLAR EATING -- 6. THE RIVER OF LIFE -- 7. THE GREEN GRADIENT -- 8. PANOPLY OF PREDATORS -- 9. HIDDEN STRANDS -- 10. OF HORN-HEADS AND DUCK-BILLS -- 11. THE GOLDILOCKS HYPOTHESIS -- 12. CINDERELLASAURUS -- 13. JURASSIC PARK DREAMS -- 14. WEST SIDE STORY -- 15. THE WAY OF ALL CREATURES -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- GLOSSARY -- ART AND PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778403203321 |
Sampson Scott D | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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The dinosauria [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David B. Weishampel, Peter Dodson, Halszka Osmólska |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (881 p.) |
Disciplina | 567.9 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WeishampelDavid B. <1952->
DodsonPeter OsmólskaHalszka |
Soggetto topico |
Dinosaurs
Reptiles, Fossil |
Soggetto non controllato |
archaeology
avian dinosaurs biogeography biology dinosaur biology dinosaur distribution dinosaur life history dinosaur reproduction dinosaur science dinosaur systematics dinosaurs extinction fossils geology mesozoic period mesozoic radiation of birds natural history non avian dinosaurs ornithischia paleoecology paleontology reptiles saurischia scientists species taphonomy thermoregulation world research |
ISBN |
1-282-36045-0
9786612360459 0-520-94143-8 |
Classificazione | WH 7390 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS USED I N FIGURES -- FOREWORD -- Introduction -- 1. Origin and Relationships of Dinosauria -- SAURISCHIA -- 2. Basal Saurischia -- 3. Ceratosauria -- 4. Basal Tetanurae -- 5. Tyrannosauroidea -- 6. Ornithomimosauria -- 7. Therizinosauroidea -- 8. Oviraptorosauria -- 9. Troodontidae -- 10. Dromaeosauridae -- 11. Basal Avialae -- 12. Prosauropoda -- 13. Sauropoda -- ORNITHISCHIA -- 14. Basal Ornithischia -- 15. Basal Thyreophora -- 16. Stegosauria -- 17. Ankylosauria -- 18. Basal Ornithopoda -- 19. Basal Iguanodontia -- 20. Hadrosauridae -- 21. Pachycephalosauria -- 22. Basal Ceratopsia -- 23. Ceratopsidae -- 24. Dinosaur Distribution -- 25. Dinosaur Taphonomy -- 26. Dinosaur Paleoecology -- 27. Mesozoic Biogeography of Dinosauria -- 28. Physiology of Nonavian Dinosaurs -- 29. Dinosaur Physiology -- 30. Dinosaur Extinction -- LITERATURE CITED -- CONTRIBUTORS -- GENERA AND SPECIES INDEX -- STRATIGRAPHIC AND GEOGRAPHIC INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778488403321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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How vertebrates left the water [[electronic resource] /] / Michel Laurin |
Autore | Laurin Michel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina | 596.13/8 |
Soggetto topico |
Vertebrates - Evolution
Evolution |
Soggetto non controllato |
acanthostega
acquired limbs actinopterygians adaptation character evolution dinosaurs evolution evolutionary history evolutionary processes evolutionary science extant species extant vertebrates extinct animals finned vertebrates fossils geology life on earth life sciences limbs molecular dating nonfiction paleontological dating paleontology phylogeny popular science science tetrapods vertebrate animals vertebrates zoology |
ISBN |
1-282-79024-2
9786612790249 0-520-94798-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. How Can We Reconstruct Evolutionary History? -- 2. How Can We Reconstruct Evolutionary History? -- 3. Paleontological Context -- 4. Vertebrate Limb Evolution -- 5. Diversity of Paleozoic Stegocephalians -- 6. Adaptations to Life on Land -- 7. Synthesis and Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785228203321 |
Laurin Michel | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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How vertebrates left the water / / Michel Laurin |
Autore | Laurin Michel |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina | 596.13/8 |
Soggetto topico |
Vertebrates - Evolution
Evolution |
Soggetto non controllato |
acanthostega
acquired limbs actinopterygians adaptation character evolution dinosaurs evolution evolutionary history evolutionary processes evolutionary science extant species extant vertebrates extinct animals finned vertebrates fossils geology life on earth life sciences limbs molecular dating nonfiction paleontological dating paleontology phylogeny popular science science tetrapods vertebrate animals vertebrates zoology |
ISBN |
1-282-79024-2
9786612790249 0-520-94798-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. How Can We Reconstruct Evolutionary History? -- 2. How Can We Reconstruct Evolutionary History? -- 3. Paleontological Context -- 4. Vertebrate Limb Evolution -- 5. Diversity of Paleozoic Stegocephalians -- 6. Adaptations to Life on Land -- 7. Synthesis and Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814320403321 |
Laurin Michel | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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The Sauropods [[electronic resource] ] : evolution and paleobiology / / Kristina Curry Rogers, Jeffrey A. Wilson |
Autore | Curry Rogers Kristina <1974-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
Disciplina | 567.913 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WilsonJeffrey A |
Soggetto topico |
Saurischia
Saurischia - Evolution Saurischia - Morphology Saurischia - Anatomy Paleobiology |
Soggetto non controllato |
andesaurus
apatosaurus brachiosaurus camarasaurus cetiosaurus dicraeosaurus dinosaurs diplodocoids diplodocus early cretaceous evolution fossil digs fossil record fossils gigantism growth rates herbivorous dinosaurs malawisaurus nemegtosaurus nigersaurus nonfiction paleobiology paleontology prosauropods reproduction saltasaurus saurischia sauropod anatomy sauropod herbivory sauropods science shunosaurus skeletons titanosaur titanosauriformes tracks |
ISBN |
1-282-35889-8
1-4237-5267-8 9786612358890 0-520-93233-1 1-59875-938-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Monoliths of the mesozoic : an introduction to the Sauropods : evolution and paleobiology -- Overview of Sauropod phylogeny and evolution -- Titanosauria : a phylogenetic overview -- Phylogenetic and taxic perspectives on Sauropod diversity -- Sauropodomorph diversity through time : palaeoecological and macroevolutionary implications -- Structure and evolution of a Sauropod tooth battery -- Digital reconstructions of Sauropod dinosaurs and implications for feeding -- Postcranial pneumaticity in Sauropod and its implications for mass estimates -- The evolution of Sauropod locomotion : morphological diversity of a secondarily quadrupedal radiation -- Steps in understanding Sauropod biology : the importance of Sauropod tracks -- Nesting titanosaurs from auca mahuevo and adjacent sites : understanding Sauropod reproductive behavior and embryonic development -- Sauropod histology : microscopic views on the lives of giants. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783666703321 |
Curry Rogers Kristina <1974-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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