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The tyrannosaur chronicles : the biology of the tyrant dinosaurs
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The tyrannosaur chronicles : the biology of the tyrant dinosaurs
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304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
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Bloomsbury sigma ; book thirteen
Summary:
As of 2015, there were nearly 30 described species of tyrannosaur, but during the last decade at least one new species has been identified and named every year, greatly improving what we know about how they lived, fed, bred, and died. THE TYRANNOSAUR CHRONICLES tracks the rise of these dinosaurs, and presents the latest research into their biology, showing off more than just their impressive statistics--tyrannosaurs had feathers, and fought and even ate one another. Indeed, David Hone tells the evolutionary story of the group through their anatomy, ecology, and behavior, exploring how they came to be the dominant terrestrial predators of the Mesozoic--and more recently, one of the great icons of biology.
Contents:
Note from the illustrator / Scott Hartman -- The game of the name -- A brief primer on tyrannosaur bony anatomy -- Introduction. Introducing the dinosaurs ; What is a tyrannosaur? ; Tyrannosaur species ; Tyrannosaur relationships ; Tyrants in time and space -- Morphology. Skull ; Body ; Limbs ; Outside ; Physiology ; Changes -- Ecology. Reproduction and growth ; Prey ; Competitors ; Obtaining food ; Behaviour and ecology -- Moving forwards. Tyrannosaurus fact and fiction ; The future ; Conclusions.
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Publication Info:
London, UK ; New York : Bloomsbury Sigma, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.
Subject:
Tyrannosaurus
Tyrannosauridae
Dinotyrannus
Dynamosaurus
Manospondylus
Stygivenator
Tyrannosaurids
Tyrannosaurs
Tyrant dinosaurs
SAILS ISBN:
9781472911254

9781472911261