edited by Michael K. Brett-Surman, Thomas R. Holtz, James O. Farlow, illustrated by Bob Walters, with contributions by David A.E. Spalding, William A. S. Sarjeant, Hugh Torrens, Edwin H. Colbert, Corwin Sullivan, David W. E. Hone, Xing Xu, David D. Gillette, David Dilkes, John R. Hutchinson, Casey M. Holliday, Lawrence M. Witmer, Emily Buchholtz, Michael K. Brett-Surman, James I. Kirkland, Art Andersen, Mary H. Schweitzer, Mark Marshall, Douglas Henderson, J. Michael Parrish, Michael J. Benton, Thomas R. Holtz, Darren Naish, Adam M. Yates, Jeffrey A. Wilson, Kristina Curry Rogers, Peter M. Galton, Kenneth Carpenter, Peter J. Makovicky, Richard J. Butler, Paul M. Barrett, Bruce H. Tiffney, Karen Chin, Darla K. Zelenitsky, Jack Horner, Donald M. Henderson, Elizabeth Rega, James O. Farlow, Ralph E. Chapman, Brent H. Breithaupt, Neffra Matthews, Kenneth J. McNamara, John Long, John Ruben, Terry D. Jones, Nicholas R. Geist, Willem J. Hillenius, Amy E. Harwell, Devon E. Quick, Gregory S. Paul, R. E. H. Reid, Ralph E. Molnar, Nicholas Fraser, Hans-Dieter Sues, Matthew T. Carrano, J. David Archibald, Daniel J. Chure, Kevin Padian, Elizabeth K. Burton

List of ContributorsPart One: The Discovery of Dinosaurs1. Dinosaurs: The Earliest DiscoveriesDavid A. E. Spalding and William A. S. Sarjeant2. Politics and Paleontology: Richard Owen and the Invention of DinosaursHugh S. Torrens3. European Dinosaur Hunters of the 19th and 20th CenturiesHans-Dieter Sues4. North American Dinosaur HuntersEdwin H. Colbert, David D. Gillette, and Ralph E. Molnar5. The Search for Dinosaurs in AsiaCorwin Sullivan, David W. E. Hone, and Xing Xu6. Dinosaur Hunters of the Southern ContinentsThomas R. Holtz, Jr.Part Two: The Study of Dinosaurs7. Hunting for Dinosaur BonesDavid D. Gillette8. The Osteology of the DinosaursThomas R. Holtz and M. K. Brett-Surman9. Reconstructing the Musculature of DinosaursDavid W. Dilkes, John R. Hutchinson, Casey M. Holliday, and Lawrence M. Witmer10. Dinosaur PaleoneurologyEmily Buchholtz11. Taxonomy of the DinosauriaThomas R. Holtz, Jr. and M. K. Brett-Surman12. Dinosaurs and Geologic TimeJames I. Kirkland and James O. Farlow13. Technology and the Study of DinosaursRalph E. Chapman, Art Andersen, Brent H. Breithaupt, and Neffra A. Matthews14. Claws, Scales, Beaks, and Feathers: Molecular Traces in the Fossil RecordMary Higby Schweitzer and Mark Marshall15. Dinosaurs as Museum ExhibitsKenneth Carpenter16. Restoring Dinosaurs as Living AnimalsDouglas HendersonPart Three: The Clades of Dinosaurs17. Evolution of the ArchosaursJ. Michael Parrish18. Origin and Early Evolution of DinosaursMichael J. Benton19. TheropodsThomas R. Holtz, Jr.20. BirdsDarren Naish21. Basal Sauropodomorpha: The "Prosauropods"Adam Yates22. SauropodaJeffrey A. Wilson and Kristina Curry Rogers23. StegosaursPeter M. Galton24. AnkylosaursKenneth Carpenter25. MarginocephaliaPeter Makovicky26. OrnithopodsRichard J. Butler and Paul M. BarrettPart Four: Paleobiology of the Dinosaurs27. Land Plants as a Source of Food and Environment in the Age of DinosaursBruce H. Tiffney28. What Did Dinosaurs Eat: Coprolites and Other Direct Evidence of Dinosaur DietsKaren Chin29. Reproductive Biology of DinosaursTerry D. Jones and Nicholas R. Geist30. Dinosaur EggsDarla K. Zelenitsky, John R. Horner, and François Therrien31. How Dinosaurs GrewR. E. H. Reid32. Engineering a DinosaurDonald Henderson33. Disease in DinosaursElizabeth Rega34. The Scientific Study of Dinosaur FootprintsJames O. Farlow, Ralph E. Chapman, Brent Breithaupt, and Neffra Matthews35. The Role of Heterochrony in Dinosaur EvolutionKenneth J. McNamara and John A. Long36. Metabolic Physiology of Dinosaurs and Early BirdsJohn A. Ruben, Terry D. Jones, Nicholas R. Geist, Willem J. Hillenius, Amy E. Harwell, and Devon E. Quick37. Evidence for Avian-Mammalian Aerobic Capacity and Thermoregulation in Mesozoic DinosaursGregory S. Paul38. "Intermediate" Dinosaurs: The Case UpdatedR. E. H. ReidPart Five: Dinosaur Evolution in the Mesozoic39. Principles of BiogeographyRalph E. Molnar40. Non-Dinosaurian VertebratesNicholas C. Fraser41. Early Mesozoic Continental Tetrapods and Faunal ChangesHans-Dieter Sues42. Dinosaurian Faunas of the Later MesozoicMatthew T. Carrano43. Dinosaur Extinction: Past and Present PerspectivesJ. David Archibald44. Life after Death: Dinosaur Fossils in Human HandsDaniel J. Chure45. Dinosaurs and Evolutionary TheoryKevin Padian and Elizabeth K. BurtonAppendix: Dinosaur-Related WWW SitesGlossaryIndex

M. K. Brett-Surman is Museum Specialist at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution.