From Tyrannosaurs to Stegosaurs, the guide profiles numerous species, chronicling their time on Earth and exploring their roles in archaeological expeditions and museums today.

Table of Contents

• IBOUT THE AUTHORS
• INTRODUCTION
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• FORMING FOSSILS
• In the Beginning
• Beginnings of Life
• Geologic Time
• Time Periods
• First Fossils
• Dinosaur Fossils
• EVOLUTION OF THE DINOSAURS
• Dinosaur Ancestors
• Dinosaurs First Appear
• TRIASSIC PERIOD
• Continents during the Triassic Period
• Triassic Dinosaurs
• Other Life during the Triassic
• JURASSIC PERIOD
• About the Jurassic
• Important Jurassic Dinosaurs
• Saurischian Dinosaurs
• Ornithischian Dinosaurs
• General Jurassic Dinosaur Facts
• Other Life in the Jurassic
• CRETACEOUS PERIOD
• Important Cretaceous Dinosaurs
• Saurischian Dinosaurs
• Ornithischian
• General Cretaceous Dinosaur Facts
• Other Life in the Cretaceous
• DINOSAURS INSIDE AND OUT
• Growing Bones
• Abnormal Dinosaur Bones
• Dinosaur Skin
• Teeth and Claws
• Dinosaur Metabolism
• Dinosaur Size
• DINOSAUR BEHAVIOR
• Eating Habits
• Dinosaurs in Motion
• Dinosaur Babies
• Mature Dinosaurs
• Dinosaur Quirks
• THE END OF DINOSAURS
• The Cretaceous Extinction
• Theories about Dinosaur Extinction
• The Impact Theory
• Other Extinction Theories
• DINOSAUR CONNECTIONS
• Aftermath of Extinction
• From Dinosaurs to Birds
• Dinosaurs All around Us
• The Search for the Missing Link
• DINOSAUR DISCOVERIES IN NORTH AMERICA
• Early Dinosaur History in the United States
• Recent Discoveries in the United States
• Famous Paleontologists from North America
• INTERNATIONAL DINOSAUR DISCOVERIES
• Early Dinosaur History outside the United States
• Dinosaur Discoveries
• Famous Paleontologists outside North America
• LEARNING MORE ABOUT DINOSAURS
• How to Find Dinosaur Bones
• Digging Up Fossils
• Putting Dinosaurs Together
• Learning Paleontology
• Resources
• Dinosaur Web Sites