Dinosaur Topics

General

• An Overview
• Facts & Fiction
• Links to More Detailed Information ...

Anatomy

• Dictionary of Terms

Biology & Behavior

• Eggs
• Running Speeds
• Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs?
• Trace Fossils

Bird Origins

• Introduction
• Archaeopteryx
• Dinosaur-Bird Relationships
• Vertebrate Flight

Controversies

• Evolution
  1. Evolution vs. Creationism
  2. Talk.Origins Archive
• Paluxy Dinosaur/Man Tracks

Classification (Taxonomy/Systematics)

• A Classification of Dinosaurs
• Cladistic Classification - use some characters?
  • Cladogram
• Evolutionary Classification
• Phenetic Classification - use all characters?
• What is Taxonomy?

Discovering Dinosaurs

• Antarctica
• Morrison Formation - Rocky Mountains
• North America

Ecology of the Mesozoic

Evolution & Extinction

• Evolution
  1. and Behavior
  2. Links - University of Toronto
  3. Theory
• Extinction
  1. Cretaceous-Tertiary - Overview
  2. Cretaceous-Tertiary - Marine core: Florida Shelf
  3. Phanerozoic (last 570 MY) Extinctions
  4. Hell Creek Dinosaurs
  5. Volcano - Greenhouse Theory
  6. Yucatan Crater & Bolide Impact

Fossils, Environments & Time

• Fossil Record
• Geologic Time Scale
• Maps - Geography before, during, & after the Dinosaurs
• Life Before Dinosaurs

Museums & Organizations

• American Museum of Natural History - New York
• The Dinosaur Society
• Field Museum of Natural History - Chicago
• National Geographic Online
• National Museum of Natural History - Smithsonian Institution
• National Park Service - Fossil Parks
• Natural History Museum - London
• Natural History Museums & Collections - Index
• Royal Tyrell Museum - British Columbia
• Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
• University of California - Berkeley

Origin of Dinosaurs

• Herrerasaurus - Oldest Known Dinosaur

Ornithischians

• Ornithopods
  1. Hadrosaurs
  2. Heterodontosaurs
• Stegosaurs
• Ankylosaurs
• Ceratopsians
• Pachycephalosaurs

Personalities in Paleontology

• Brief Biographies
• Early Discoveries/Cope & Marsh

Saurischians

• Sauropods - Large Herbivores
• Theropods - Predatory Dinosaurs
  1. Carnosauria
  2. Ceratosauria
  3. Coelurosauria

Sources of Even More Information:

• Berkeley Dinosaur Links
• Current Topics
• Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
• Dino News
• Dino Land - Interviews, links, & more...
• Dinosaur Database - Taxonomy & Photos
• Dinosaurs:  Facts & Fiction
• Dinosaur Interplanetary Gazette - News & Information
• Dinosaur Page - Glossary, classification, cladistics, art, & more ...
• Dino Sites Guide - Western Colorado & Eastern Utah
• Illustrated Dictionary of Geologic Terms
• List of Genera
• Movies & Books!
  1. General
  2. Paleobook - Reviews of books & films
  3. The Lost World - Jurassic Park Sequel
• Omnipedia - Dictionary, pronunciation guide, anatomy, etc.
• T. rex Surfs the Net - More links ...
• Wyoming Dinosaur Center

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