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The tyrannosaur chronicles : the biology of the tyrant dinosaurs / David Hone ; illustrations by Scott Hartman

By: Contributor(s): Series: Bloomsbury sigma series ; bk. 13Publisher: London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Sigma, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781472911254
  • 1472911253
  • 9781472911261
  • 1472911261
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QE862.S3 H66 2016
Contents:
Note from the illustrator -- 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
Summary: In the mid-nineteenth century, many dinosaur fossils were found in the United States, especially during the 1870s and 1880s "Bone Wars." Paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh discovered dozens of skeletons, but in 1905, fossil hunter Barnum Brown named the first tyrannosaur known to science--Tyrannosaurus rex. Tyrannosaurus was an impressive beast; it topped five tons, was more than thirty-five feet (twelve meters) long, and had the largest head and most powerful bite of any land animal, ever. Tyrannosaurs started small, just a couple of yards long, and over the course of 100 million years, evolved into giant meat-slicing bone crushers. 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
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks QE862 .S3 H66 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001390680

Series numbering from dust jacket

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-298) and index

In the mid-nineteenth century, many dinosaur fossils were found in the United States, especially during the 1870s and 1880s "Bone Wars." Paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh discovered dozens of skeletons, but in 1905, fossil hunter Barnum Brown named the first tyrannosaur known to science--Tyrannosaurus rex. Tyrannosaurus was an impressive beast; it topped five tons, was more than thirty-five feet (twelve meters) long, and had the largest head and most powerful bite of any land animal, ever. Tyrannosaurs started small, just a couple of yards long, and over the course of 100 million years, evolved into giant meat-slicing bone crushers. 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

Note from the illustrator -- 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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