books by David B. Weishampel (dinosauria evolution dinosaurs)

books by David B. Weishampel

books:

The Dinosaur Papers: 1676-1906

1 review

Smithsonian, 2003

A milestone publication
I was walking through the bookstore when what to my wondering eyes should appear but this volume. It was sealed, but I snatched it up despite the pricetag due to the anticipation of what the title suggested. When I opened it, I almost dropped in shock. Here in my little hands were Mantell's paper on Iguanadon and Buckland's on Megalosaurus. And that was just two of the appetizers. Not ...

Dinosaurs of the East Coast
David B. Weishampel, Luther Young

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998

The great dinosaur bone beds of the American and Canadian West are world famous and have yielded spectacular fossil finds. But the eastern United States and maritime Canada, where dinosaurs also roamed in great numbers, have been equally important to the study of these extraordinary creatures. Some dinosaur fossils have come from the bog iron and clay pits of Maryland and New Jersey, while others have been discovered in the riverbanks of North ...

The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs

13 reviews
David B. Weishampel

Cambridge University Press, 2005

Great book
I've read several dinosaur books and I've generally found them to be very good. This one, along with "The Complete Dinosaur", ranks as one of my favorites. The reason I was interested in this book was that I was looking for something that focused on the evolution of dinosaurs and how the various taxa of dinosaurs related to each other. I was also looking for something at an intermediate level. ...

The Dinosauria

6 reviews

University of California Press, 2007

The Dinosauria
"The Dinosauria" edited by David B. Weihampel, Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmolska is for the serious dinophile and for those with some science and paleontology backgrounds. This book should NOT be tackled by the casual reader as it can be very serious when reading this volume on comparitive anatomy of dinosaur bones. I found "The Dinosauria" to be very well-written and very informative and it ...

Dinosaurs: A Concise Natural History
David B. Weishampel

Cambridge University Press, 2009

From the authors of The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs, comes a general introduction to the study of dinosaurs for non-specialists, designed to excite readers about science by using the ever-popular animals - the dinosaurs - to illustrate and discuss geology, natural history and evolution. While it focuses on dinosaurs, it also uses them to convey other aspects of the natural sciences, including fundamental concepts in evolutionary ...

Plant-Eating Dinosaurs (Prehistoric Life)
David B. Weishampel

Franklin Watts, 1992

Examines the plant-eating dinosaurs and the characteristics which enabled them to survive on that diet.