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Lieferstatus:	i.d.R. innert 14-24 Tagen versandfertig
Veröffentlichung:	Januar 2002
Genre:	Lexika / Nachschlagewerke
ISBN:	9780786411665
EAN-Code:	9780786411665
Verlag:	Mcfarland & Co Inc
Einband:	Gebunden
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 279 mm / B 216 mm / D 0 mm
Gewicht:	1790 gr
Seiten:	696
Illustration:	448 photos
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This reference work is the second supplement to Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia (a 1998 American Library Association Outstanding Reference Book) and follows the intent and format of the encyclopedia and first supplement. In speaking of that first supplement--"superb...the scope in phenomenal"--ARBA referred to the basic volume as "a reference legend...lavishly illustrated, cleverly written, and extraordinarily comprehensive." This continuation of what is now the standard encyclopedia provides up-to-date concepts and evidence of dinosaur paleobiology and evolution. Various competing positions are well presented and exhaustively referenced. The content is based on the latest original research of paleontologists, especially in dinosaur systematics, and genera, and covers such topics as the constant changes in technology and research methods, the Mesozoic Era in general, new theoretical ideas, the dinosaur-bird debat