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Molina-Pérez, Rubén, author.

Dinosaur facts and figures : the theropods and other dinosauriformes / Theropods and other dinosauriformes Rubén Molina-Pérez and Asier Larramendi ; illustrated by Andrey Atuchin and Sante Mazzei ; translated by David Connolly and Gonzalo Ángel Ramirez Cruz. - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2019. - 288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 31 cm

Translation of: Récords y curiosidades de los dinosaurios : terópodos y otros dinosauromorfos. 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and taxonomic index. Complete list of bibliographical references available online.

How to use this book -- Methodology and calculations -- Definitions -- Classification -- Comparing species : dinosaur taxonomy -- Mesozoic calendar : the chronology of dinosaurs -- The world of dinosaurs : geography of the past -- Prehistoric puzzle : the anatomy of theropods -- Theropod life : the biology of the theropods -- Testimony in stone : theropod footprints -- Chronicle and dinomania : the history and culture of dinosaurs -- Theropod list -- Glossary -- Taxonomic index -- Bibliography and appendices.

An illustrated record book of theropod facts and figures--from the biggest to the fastest to the smartest. This compendium features more than 3,000 records, covers some 750 theropod species, and includes a wealth of illustrations ranging from diagrams and technical drawings to full-color reconstructions of specimens.

ISBN: 9780691180311 0691180318

LCCN: 2018961537

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs--Pictorial works.
Dinosaurs--Statistics.
Carnivorous animals, Fossil.
Paleoecology--Mesozoic.

LC Class. No.: QE861.4 / .M6513 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 567.9