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El. knyga: Tyrannosaur Chronicles: The Biology of the Tyrant Dinosaurs

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  • Formatas: 288 pages
  • Išleidimo metai: 21-Apr-2016
  • Leidėjas: Bloomsbury Sigma
  • Kalba: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781472911278
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  • Formatas: 288 pages
  • Išleidimo metai: 21-Apr-2016
  • Leidėjas: Bloomsbury Sigma
  • Kalba: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781472911278
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The fascinating story of the king of the dinosaurs as never told before.

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.

Recenzijos

Gripping and wonderfully informative -- Tom Holland * New Statesman * Spectacular * Nature * This book is a useful introduction to some of the most wonderfully terrifying animals ever to walk the Earth. * Wall Street Journal * In a single book Hone has been able to offer an up-to-date and exhaustive look at almost everyone's favourite dinosaur. What emerges ... is a living breathing animal that we are really just beginning to understand. * Spectator * ...Detailed and rigorous ... David Hone's enthusiasm for his subjects shines through, whether he's explaining their social lives, their evolution or their unique pelvic anatomy. * BBC Wildlife * If most of what you know about Tyrannosaurs is based on old Japanese movies or the Jurassic Park franchise, there will be many surprises ... a welcome touchstone volume for lovers of the terrible lizards. -- Natural History Hone provides a solid meal to feed the popular fascination with these tyrant lizards, easily digestible but made from ingredients that, at least in paleontological terms, are quite fresh. * Publisher's Weekly * This volume is the go-to for tyrant dinosaurs. * Library Journal * This book is easily read and understood. Adults will understand the information provided and ... interested young people will get much from it as well. * Prehistoric Times * This is an awesome dinosaur book. -- Professor Xu Xing, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dinosaurs are endlessly fascinating, and the massive, blood-thirsty tyrannosaurs are most popular (and scary) of the lot! Here, renowned dinosaur expert David Hone reveals their story, and how we know what we know about these most amazing of ancient reptiles. -- Professor Mike Benton, University of Bristol Tyrannosaurs are probably the worlds favourite dinosaurs. But what do we really know about this group? David Hone reviews the biology, history, evolution, and behaviour of the tyrant kings an excellent read, containing the very latest in our understanding of Tyrannosaurus rex and its closest relatives. -- Dr Tom Holtz, University of Maryland

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The story of one of the world's best-known and notorious dinosaur groups, the tyrannosaurs, with the very latest discoveries into how these beasts lived, bred, fed and died.
Preface 7(2)
Note From The Illustrator 9(8)
The Game of The Name 17(1)
A Brief Primer on Tyrannosaur Bony Anatomy 17(6)
PART 1 INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 Introducing the Dinosaurs
23(12)
Chapter 2 What is a Tyrannosaur?
35(16)
Chapter 3 Tyrannosaur Species
51(12)
Chapter 4 Tyrannosaur Relationships
63(10)
Chapter 5 Tyrants in Time and Space
73(14)
PART 2 MORPHOLOGY
Chapter 6 Skull
87(12)
Chapter 7 Body
99(12)
Chapter 8 Limbs
111(12)
Chapter 9 Outside
123(10)
Chapter 10 Physiology
133(14)
Chapter 11 Changes
147(14)
PART 3 ECOLOGY
Chapter 12 Reproduction and Growth
161(16)
Chapter 13 Prey
177(22)
Chapter 14 Competitors
199(20)
Chapter 15 Obtaining Food
219(18)
Chapter 16 Behaviour and Ecology
237(14)
PART 4 MOVING FORWARDS
Chapter 17 Tyrannosaurus Fact and Fiction
251(10)
Chapter 18 The Future
261(12)
Chapter 19 Conclusions
273(8)
References 281(9)
Further Reading 290(6)
Museums and Online Sources 296(3)
Acknowledgements 299(1)
Index 300
David Hone is based at the University of London, where he is Lecturer in Zoology at Queen Mary University of London. He has published more than 50 academic papers on dinosaur biology and behaviour, with tyrannosaurs being of particular research interest, and his fieldwork has included some time on the famous Chinese deposits. David writes a regular blog for the Guardian, Lost Worlds, a major source of dino-info for the general public.

David includes among his writing credits the BBCs Walking with Dinosaurs website. He has appeared on the Discovery Channel, BBC Radio 5 Live and RTE, been a consultant for National Geographic documentaries, and written articles for New Scientist, The Times, The Independent, The Telegraph, The New York Times, and many others.

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