Dinosaurs
by William Diller Matthew
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About this eBook
- Author
- Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930
- Title
- Dinosaurs, with Special Reference to the American Museum Collections
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Brian Janes, Suzanne Lybarger, Jeannie Howse, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QE: Science: Geology
- Subject
- Dinosaurs
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 19302
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19302
- Release Date
- September 16, 2006
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.DINOSAURS — WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO — THE AMERICAN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS — BY
- 2.W. D. MATTHEW — CURATOR OF VERTEBRATE PALÆONTOLOGY
- 3.DINOSAURS. — Table of Contents. — PREFACE. — Chapter I. ToC — THE AGE OF REPTILES. — Its Antiquity, Duration and Significance in Geologic History. — FOOTNOTES: — Chapter II. ToC — NORTH AMERICA IN THE AGE OF REPTILES. — Its Geographic and Climatic Changes. — Chapter III. ToC — KINDS OF DINOSAURS. — Common Characters and Differences Between the Various Groups. — FOOTNOTES: — Chapter IV. ToC — THE CARNIVOROUS DINOSAURS, ALLOSAURUS, TYRANNOSAURUS, ORNITHOLESTES, Etc. — Sub-Order Theropoda. — ALLOSAURUS. — TYRANNOSAURUS. — FOOTNOTES: — Chapter V. ToC — THE AMPHIBIOUS DINOSAURS, BRONTOSAURUS, DIPLODOCUS, Etc. — Sub-Order Opisthocœlia (Cetiosauria or Sauropoda). — BRONTOSAURUS. — FOOTNOTES: — Chapter VI. ToC — THE BEAKED DINOSAURS. — Order Orthopoda (Ornithischia or Predentata.) — A. The Iguanodonts: Iguanodon, Camptosaurus. — FOOTNOTES: — Chapter VII. ToC — THE BEAKED DINOSAURS (Continued). — B. The Duck Billed Dinosaurs,—Trachodon, Saurolophus, etc. — THE TRACHODON GROUP. — THE DINOSAUR "MUMMY." — FOOTNOTES: — Chapter VIII. ToC — THE BEAKED DINOSAURS (Continued.) — C. The Armored Dinosaurs—Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus. — STEGOSAURUS. — ANKYLOSAURUS. — Chapter IX. ToC — THE BEAKED DINOSAURS (Concluded.) — D. The Horned Dinosaurs, Triceratops, Etc. — TRICERATOPS. — Chapter X. ToC — GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DINOSAURS. — Chapter XI. ToC — COLLECTING DINOSAURS. — How and Where They are Found. — The First Discovery of Dinosaurs in the West. — The Dinosaurs of the Bone-Cabin Quarry. [20] — Fossil Hunting by Boat in Canada. — FOOTNOTES: — REFERENCES.
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