Dinosauria
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Benton, M. J. 1998. Dinosaur fossils with soft parts. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 13:303-304.
Carpenter, K. and P. J. Currie, eds. 1990. Dinosaur Systematics: Perspectives and Approaches. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Carpenter, K., K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner, eds. 1994. Dinosaur Eggs and Babies. Cambridge University Press, New York.
Chiappe, L. M. and L. Dingus. 2001. Walking on Eggs: The Astonishing Discovery of Thousands of Dinosaur Eggs in the Badlands of Patagonia. Scribner, New York.
Currie, P. J. and K. Padian, eds. 1997. Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Academic Press, New York.
Dingus, L. and T. Rowe. 1998. The Mistaken Extinction: Dinosaur Extinction and the Origin of Birds. W. H. Freeman, New York.
Farlow, J. O. and M. K. Brett-Surman, eds. 1997. The Complete Dinosaur. Indiana University Press, Bloomington.
Fastovsky, D. E. and D. B. Weishampel. 1996. The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York.
Norell, M. A., L. Dingus, and E. S. Gaffney. 2000. Discovering Dinosaurs: Evolution, Extinction, and the Lessons of Prehistory. University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif.
Norman, D. B. 1985. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Salamander Books, London.
Novacek, M. J. and E. Heck. 1996. Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs. Anchor Books, New York.
Pisani, D., A. M. Yates, M. C. Langer, and M. J. Benton. 2002. A genus-level supertree of the Dinosauria. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 269:915-921.
Sereno, P. C. 1997. The origin and evolution of dinosaurs. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 25:435-489.
Sereno, P. C. 1999. The evolution of dinosaurs. Science 284:2137-2147.
Weishampel, D. B., P. Dodson, and H. Osmolska, eds. 1990. The Dinosauria. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Information on the Internet
- The Dinosauria: Truth is Stranger than Fiction. With a comprehensive list of Dinosaur Links. UCMP Berkeley.
- Dinosaurs at the National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Institution.
- Journey Through Time. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
- DinoData. Fred Bervoets.
- The Dinosauricon. T. Michael Keesey.
- Dinosauria Online. Jeff Poling.
- Dino Russ's Lair. Russel J. Jacobson.
- Dinobase. University of Bristol.
- Paul Sereno's Dinosaur Pages. University of Chicago.
- Dinosaur Evolution. Huw Boulton, University of Bristol.
- Dinosauria. Jack Conrad's Vertebrate Phylogeny Pages.
- Dinorama. National Geographic Society.
- Dinosaurium. Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum.
- Dinosaur Safari. Museum of Unnatural Mystery.
- Walking With Dinosaurs. Discovery Channel Online.
- Discovering Dinosaurs. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online.
- The Rex Files. A collection of New Scientist articles on Dinosaurs.
- The Russian Dinosaur Exposition. Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (PINRAS).
- ZoomDinosaurs.com. Enchanted Learning Software.
- Dinosaur Eggs. National Geographic Exhibit.
- Fighting Dinosaurs: New Discoveries from Mongolia. American Museum of Natural History Exhibit.
- Paper Dinosaurs, 1824-1960. An exhibition of original publications related to the history of dinosaur discovery from the collections of the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City, MO.
- The Dinosaur Interplanetary Gazette. Dinosaur News Network.
- Dinosaur Art:
- Dinosaur Illustrations. An Index of Links to Great Dinosaur and other Prehistoric Art.
- The Dinosauricon Art Gallery.
- Dinosaur Art and Modelling.
- Douglas Henderson's Earth History Illustrations.
- John Sibbick's Dinosaur Pictures.
- Kelly Taylor's Dynasties of Stone.
- Luis V. Rey's Art Gallery: Dinosaur and Paleontology.
- Michael Skrepnick's Dinosaur Art.
- The Dinosaur Art of Joe Tucciarone.
- Paleontological Illlustration & Animation by Frank DeNota.
- The Dinosaur Sculptures by Kazunari Araki.
- Beri's Dinosaur World.
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