Expanded art and photo program. This is one of the hallmark strengths of the Lucas text. We added new photos
and illustrations as appropriate to enhance the understanding of the prose.
New information on the latest dinosaur discoveries has been added, including the Microraptor from China and
the Neuquenraptor from Argentina.
Spencer Lucas has updated the text with new and revised theories in the study of dinosaurs based on his research
and reviewer requests.
The text now incorporates the newest ideas on bird origins.
Updated references have been added to the end-of-chapter lists.
Table of Contents
1. Dinosaur Hunters
2. Evolution, Phylogeny, and Classification
3. Fossils, Sedimentary Environments, and Geologic Time
4. The Origin of Dinosaurs
5. Theropods
6. Sauropodomorphs
7. Ornithopods
8. Stegosaurs and Ankylosaurs
9. Ceratopsians and Pachycephalosaurs
10. The Dinosaurian World
11. Dinosaur Trace Fossils
12. Dinosaur Biology and Behavior
13. Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs?
14. The Origin of Birds
15. Dinosaur Extinction
16. Dinosaurs in the Public Eye
