Руководства по палеонтологии
Полные руководства для энтузиастов динозавров и студентов-палеонтологов.
Dinosaur Evolution and Legacy
The evolutionary origins of dinosaurs, their diversification, and their living descendants — the birds.
From Archosaur to Dinosaur: The Evolutionary Origins
The Archosauria split, dinosauromorphs, Marasuchus, Silesaurus, the earliest true dinosaurs, and the evolutionary advantages that led to dinosaur dominance.
Sauropod Evolution: How Dinosaurs Became Giants
Prosauropod ancestors, neck elongation mechanisms, pneumatic bones, the physiological constraints and enablers of gigantism, and what limits body size in …
Theropod Diversity: From T. rex to Hummingbirds
The remarkable diversity within Theropoda, from giant carnivores through coelurosaurs, ornithomimids, oviraptorosaurs, and dromaeosaurs to the bird lineage nested within …
Feathered Dinosaurs: Rewriting Evolutionary History
Sinosauropteryx, Microraptor, Anchiornis, and the Chinese feathered fossils — what different feather types reveal about function, and the competing hypotheses …
Living Dinosaurs: Birds as Dinosaur Descendants
The anatomical, molecular, and developmental evidence connecting birds to theropod dinosaurs, what birds inherited from their dinosaur ancestors, and how …