Dinosaurs: A Spotter's Guide

Michael K. Brett-Surman is a noted palaeontologist and is currently serving as the Museum Specialist for Dinosaurs, Fossil Reptiles and Amphibians at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. He also teaches as part of the Smithsonian Outreach program. He is the author of The Jurassic World Field Guide to Dinosaurs with Dr. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. and the coeditor of The Complete Dinosaur.

• INTRODUCING DINOSAURSWhat is a dinosaur?Dinosaur weigh-inDifferent hip bonesFeedingAnatomy of a dinosaur Skeletons, skulls and skinBrains and communicationEggs and babiesLiving in herdsPredators and scavengersSurvival techniquesSize and speedArmour and defenceClaws and spikesA–Z OF DINOSAURSAbelisaurus and AbydosaurusAlbertaceratops and AlbertosaurusAllosaurus and AlvarezsaurusAlwalkeria and AmargasaurusAmbopteryx and AnchisaurusAnkylosaurus and AntarctopeltaApatosaurus and ArgentinosaurusAvimimus and BambiraptorBarosaurus and BaryonyxBeipiaosaurus, Bonitasaura and BorealopeltaBrachiosaurus and ByronosaurusCamarasaurus and CarcharodontosaurusCarnotaurus and CaudipteryxCentrosaurus and CeratosaurusChasmosaurus and CoelophysisCompsognathus and CorythosaurusCryolophosaurus, Dacentrurus and DeinocheirusDeinonychus, Diabloceratops and DilongDilophosaurus and DiplodocusDracorex and DromaeosaurusDryosaurus and EdmontoniaEdmontosaurus and EiniosaurusEocarcharia and EocursorEoraptor and EotyrannusEquijubus, Erketu and ErythrovenatorEuoplocephalus and EuropasaurusEuskelosaurus and EustreptospondylusFalcarius and FukuiraptorFukuisaurus and FutalognkosaurusGallimimus and GargoyleosaurusGastonia and GeminiraptorGiganotosaurus and GigantoraptorGuanlong and HerrerasaurusHeterodontosaurus and HippodracoHuaxiagnathus, Hypsilophodon and IguanacolossusIguanodon and IncisivosaurusJingshanosaurus and JuravenatorKentrosaurus and KerberosaurusKosmoceratops and LambeosaurusLeaellynasaura and LiaoningosaurusMaiasaura and MajungasaurusMamenchisaurus and MasiakasaurusMassospondylus and MegalosaurusMei and MicroraptorMinmi and MononykusMuttaburrasaurus and NigersaurusNomingia and OrnitholestesOryctodromeus and OuranosaurusOviraptor and PachycephalosaurusParasaurolophus and PelecanimimusPlateosaurus and ProsaurolophusProtoceratops and PsittacosaurusQantassaurus and RugopsSaltasaurus and SaurolophusScelidosaurus and ScipionyxScutellosaurus, Segnosaurus and SeitaadShunosaurus and ShuvuuiaSinocalliopteryx and SinornithosaurusSinosauropteryx and SinovenatorSinraptor and SonidosaurusSpinosaurus and StegosaurusStruthiomimus and StyracosaurusTalenkauen and TenontosaurusTorosaurus and TriceratopsTroodon and TyrannosaurusUbirajara, Unaysaurus and UtahceratopsUtahraptor and VelociraptorWuerhosaurus and YinlongIndex