The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs

Written for non-specialists this detailed survey of dinosaur origins diversity and extinction is designed as a series of successive essays covering important and timely topics in dinosaur paleobiology such as warm-bloodedness birds as living dinosaurs the new non-flying feathered dinosaurs dinosaur functional morphology and cladistic methods in systematics. Its explicitly phylogenetic approach to the group is that taken by dinosaur specialists. The book is not an edited compilation of the works of many individuals but a unique cohesive perspective on Dinosauria. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of new specially commissioned illustrations by John Sibbick world-famous illustrator of dinosaurs the volume includes multi-page drawings as well as sketches and diagrams. First edition Hb (1996): 0-521-44496-9 David E. Fastovsky is Professor of Geosciences at the University of Rhode Island. Fastovsky the author of numerous scientific publications dealing with Mesozoic vertebrate faunas and their ancient environments is also scientific co-Editor of Geology. He has undertaken extensive fieldwork studying dinosaurs and their environments in Montana North Dakota Arizona Mexico and Mongolia. David B. Weishampel is a professor at the Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Weishampel is best known for discovering researching and naming several rare European dinosaur species. During the 1980s Weishampel gained fame for his work with American paleontologist Jack Horner and later named the famous plant-eating egg-laying Orodromeus Horner. Now a decade after his pioneering studies with Horner Weishampel is most widely known for his current work on the Romanian dinosaur fauna. He is the author and co-author of many titles including The Dinosaur Papers 1676-1906 (Norton 2003); The Dinosauria (University of California 1990); and Dinosaurs of the East Coast (Johns Hopkins University Press 1996).