Dinosaur Bibliography

DINOSAUR BIBLIOGRAPHY

California Academy of Sciences Library


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Digital Librarian: Dinosaurs

http://www.digital-librarian.com/dinosaurs.html

This site, maintained by a librarian, contains access to links about dinosaurs.

 

The Dinosauria

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/dinosaur.html

University of California Museum of Paleontology dinosaur home page.

 

Dinosaurs: Fact and Fiction

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dinosaurs/

Answers to common dinosaur questions from the USGS.

 

Paleontology and Fossils Resources

http://members.cox.net/jdmount/paleont.html

Access to information from the libraries at the University of Arizona include links and more.

 

Paleontology in the News

http://www-geology.ucdavis.edu/~GEL3/paleonews.html

Gathering of paleontology news from a variety of sites kept all in one page.

 

Paleontology: Online Resources

http://geology.er.usgs.gov/paleo/paleonet.shtml

Link to museums, academic departments, societies, and more.

 

So You Want to be a Paleontologist?

http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/~rowe/dinosaur/FAQs.html

Interested in a career in paleontology?  Helpful hints from those in the know.

 

Academy sites:

Dinosaurs for Kids

http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biblio/dinokids.htm

 

Recent News in Paleontology

http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biblio/dinohot.htm

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BOOKS

Alexander, R. McNeill. Dynamics of Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Giants. New York: Columbia University Press, 1989. QE862 .D5 A33 1989.

 

Bakker, Robert T. The Dinosaur Heresies: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs and their Extinction. New York: Morrow, 1986. Main QE862 .D5 B35 1986.

 

Beaufay, Gabriel. Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Animals. New York: Barron's, 1987, 1986. Main QE862 .D5 B4313 1987.

 

Benton, Michael J., et al., eds.  The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press, c2000. Main QE861.9 .R8 A287 2000.

 

Booth, Jerry. The Big Beast Book: Dinosaurs and How They Got That Way. Boston: Little, Brown, 1988. Educ QE862 .D5 B64 1988.

 

Carlisle, David Brez. Dinosaurs, Diamonds, and Things from Outer Space: The Great Extinction. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1995. Main QE721.2 .E97 C37 1995.

 

Carpenter, Kenneth, Karl F. Hirsch, and John R. Horner, eds. Dinosaur Eggs and Babies. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Main QE862 .D5 D473 1994.

 

Colbert, Edwin H. Dinosaurs, an Illustrated History. Maplewood, NJ: Hammond, 1983. Main QE862 .D5 C668 1983.

 

Cook, Nancy. Measuring Dinosaurs. Menlo Park, CA: Innovative Learning Publications, 1996. Main QA135.5 .C66 1996.

 

Czerkas, Sylvia Massey. Dinosaurs: A Global View. Limpsfield, Surrey: Dragon's World, 1990. Main QE862 .D5 C93 1990.

 

Dingus, Lowell. The Mistaken Extinction: Dinosaur Evolution and the Origin of Birds. New York: W.H. Freeman, 1998. M&O QE862 .D5 D465 1997.

 

Dodson, Peter. The Horned Dinosaurs: A Natural History. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996. Main QE862 .O65 D64 1996.

 

Edgar, Blake, ed. Dinosaur Digs. Bethesda, MD: Discovery Communications, 1999. Main QE862 .D5 D472 1999.

 

Farlow, James O. and M.K. Brett-Surman, ed. The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1997. Main QE862 .D5 C697 1997.

 

Fastovsky, David E. The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Main QE862 .D5 F38 1996.

 

Fraser, Nicholas C. and Hans-Dieter Sues, eds. In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Main QE841 .I5 1994.

 

Glut, Donald F. Dinosaurs, the Encyclopedia. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1997. Main REF QE862 .D5 G652 1997.

 

Horner, John R, et al.  Digging Dinosaurs. Baton Rouge, LA: Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 1998. Main QE862 .D5 D43 1998.

 

Lambert, David. A Field Guide to Dinosaurs. New York: Avon Books, 1983. Main REF QE862 .D5 L423 1983.

 

Lockley, M. G. Tracking Dinosaurs: A New Look at an Ancient World. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Main QE862 .D5 L57 1991.

 

Lucas, Spencer G. Dinosaurs: The Textbook. Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1994. Main QE862 .D5 L82 1994.

 

Norman, David. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: An Original and Compelling Insight Into Life in the Dinosaur Kingdom. London: Salamander Books, 1985. Main QE862 .D5 N67 1985a.

 

Ostrom, John H. Marsh's Dinosaurs: The Collections from Como Bluff. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999. Main QE862 .D5 .O87 2000.

 

Powell, James Lawrence. Night Comes to the Cretaceous: Dinosaur Extinction and the Transformation of Modern Geology. New York: W.H. Freeman, 1998. Main QE506 .P735 1998.

 

Raham, Gary. Dinosaurs in the Garden: An Evolutionary Guide to Backyard Biology. Medford, NJ: Plexus Pub., 1988. Main QH309 .R28 1988.

 

Svarney, Thomas E. The Handy Dinosaur Answer Book. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 2000. Main REF QE862 .D5 S75 2000.

 

Thomas, Roger D.K. and Everett C. Olson, ed. A Cold Look at the Warm-Blooded Dinosaurs. Boulder, CO: Westview Press for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1980. Main QE862 .D5 C685.

 

Thurston, Harry. Dawning of the Dinosaurs: The Story of Canada's Oldest Dinosaurs. Halifax, NS: Nimbus: Nova Scotia Museum, 1994. Main QE862 .D5 T52 1994.

 

Unwin, David M., ed. Cretaceous Fossil Vertebrates. London: Palaeontological Association, c1999. Main  QE701 .P35 no.60.

 

Weishampel, David B. Dinosaurs of the East Coast. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. Main QE862 .D5 W365 1996.

 

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