Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections
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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Dinosaurs, by William Diller Matthew
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DINOSAURS
WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO
THE AMERICAN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
BY
W. D. MATTHEW
CURATOR OF VERTEBRATE PALÆONTOLOGY
DINOSAURS.
Table of Contents.
PREFACE.
Chapter I.ToC
THE AGE OF REPTILES.
Its Antiquity, Duration and Significance in Geologic History.
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter II.ToC
NORTH AMERICA IN THE AGE OF REPTILES.
Its Geographic and Climatic Changes.
Chapter III.ToC
KINDS OF DINOSAURS.
Common Characters and Differences Between the Various Groups.
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter IV.ToC
THE CARNIVOROUS DINOSAURS, ALLOSAURUS, TYRANNOSAURUS, ORNITHOLESTES, Etc.
Sub-Order Theropoda.
ALLOSAURUS.
TYRANNOSAURUS.
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter V.ToC
THE AMPHIBIOUS DINOSAURS, BRONTOSAURUS, DIPLODOCUS, Etc.
Sub-Order Opisthocœlia (Cetiosauria or Sauropoda).
BRONTOSAURUS.
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter VI.ToC
THE BEAKED DINOSAURS.
Order Orthopoda (Ornithischia or Predentata.)
A. The Iguanodonts: Iguanodon, Camptosaurus.
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter VII.ToC
THE BEAKED DINOSAURS (Continued).
B. The Duck Billed Dinosaurs,—Trachodon, Saurolophus, etc.
THE TRACHODON GROUP.
THE DINOSAUR "MUMMY."
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter VIII.ToC
THE BEAKED DINOSAURS (Continued.)
C. The Armored Dinosaurs—Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus.
STEGOSAURUS.
ANKYLOSAURUS.
Chapter IX.ToC
THE BEAKED DINOSAURS (Concluded.)
D. The Horned Dinosaurs, Triceratops, Etc.
TRICERATOPS.
Chapter X.ToC
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DINOSAURS.
Chapter XI.ToC
COLLECTING DINOSAURS.
How and Where They are Found.
The First Discovery of Dinosaurs in the West.
The Dinosaurs of the Bone-Cabin Quarry.[20]
Fossil Hunting by Boat in Canada.
FOOTNOTES:
REFERENCES.
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