An Archosaurian Adventure: Integrating the Evolutionary History and Paleoecological Context of the Dinosaurs

摘要

There are many creatures that capture our imagination and spark our interest in the evolutionary history of life, but few are as compelling as the great rulers of the Mesozoic, the dinosaurs. Many books are available to the avid student of these extinct icons of evolution, ranging from the encyclopedic (Currie and Padian 1997) to the specific (Carpenter 2000), but few tell the story of the ecological stage upon which the dinosaurs danced as well as Scott D. Sampson.