Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia, Supplement 6

About this book

This reference work is the sixth supplement to Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia (a 1998 American Library Association Outstanding Reference Book) and follows the intent and format of the encyclopedia and previous supplements.

Among the many dramatic events discussed and updated are the discoveries of a basal titanosaur that may be the largest dinosaur yet found in China; the first large-bodied theropod from Pakistan; the largest Jurassic theropod tooth yet documented; and the first preserved integument and bonebed pertaining to the horned dinosaur Triceratops. This volume also includes lengthy sections on dinosaurian schematics and genera and updates the encyclopedia’s list of excluded genera. One appendix provides a main-entry catalogue of dinosaurian genera.

Supplemental volumes do not repeat information from earlier volumes but build upon them.

Contents

Foreword by Robert M. Sullivan      v
Acknowledgments      vi
Preface      ix
I Introduction      1
The Mesozoic Era      3
New Discoveries, Ideas and Studies      10
Birds as Dinosaurs      102
Dinosaur Extinctions      108
II Dinosaurian Systematics      113
III Dinosaurian Genera      191
IV Nomina Nuda and Excluded Genera      619
A List of Abbreviations      623
Appendix: Main-Entry Catalog of Genera      627
Glossary      645
Bibliography      657
Index      691

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Biography

Donald F. Glut is a prolific book and article writer, and movie producer-director. Among his many works is the award-winning Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia and its supplements. He lives in Burbank, California.