CONTENTS

	PREFACE
	ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I	IN THE BEGINNING
1	MEGALOSAURUS THE “GREAT LIZARD,” THE “SCROTUM HUMANUM,” AND THE FIRST NAMED DINOSAUR
2	IGUANODON GIDEON MANTELL, LOUIS DOLLO, AND THE FIRST DINOSAUR FAUNA
3	CETIOSAURUS THE “WHALE LIZARD,” RICHARD OWEN, AND THE FIRST KNOWN SAUROPOD
4	HADROSAURUS JOSEPH LEIDY AND THE FIRST AMERICAN DINOSAUR
5	EORAPTOR THE FIRST DINOSAURS
II	THE LONG-NECKED GIANTS THE SAUROPODS
6	PLATEOSAURUS ANCESTORS OF THE GIANTS
7	APATOSAURUS AND BRONTOSAURUS MARSH, COPE, AND THE BONE WARS
8	DIPLODOCUS THE REAL “JURASSIC PARK” AND CARNEGIE’S GIFT
9	GIRAFFATITAN THE TALLEST OF THE TALL, AND THE TENDAGURU
10	PATAGOTITAN WHO’S THE BIGGEST OF THEM ALL?
III	RED IN TOOTH AND CLAW THE THEROPODS
11	COELOPHYSIS THE LITTLE DINOSAUR OF GHOST RANCH
12	CRYOLOPHOSAURUS DENIZEN OF THE POLAR DARKNESS
13	SPINOSAURUS LOST GIANTS OF EGYPT
14	TYRANNOSAURUS KING OF THE TYRANT REPTILES
15	GIGANOTOSAURUS BIGGEST PREDATOR OF ALL?
16	DEINOCHEIRUS “TERRIBLE HANDS” LEAD TO BIG SURPRISES
17	VELOCIRAPTOR “TERRIBLE CLAWS” AND THE DINOSAUR RENAISSANCE
18	SINOSAUROPTERYX FEATHERED DINOSAURS AND THE ORIGIN OF BIRDS
IV	HORNS AND SPIKES AND ARMOR AND DUCK BEAKS THE ORNITHISCHIANS
19	HETERODONTOSAURUS THE ORIGIN OF ORNITHISCHIANS
20	STEGOSAURUS THE “ROOFED LIZARD” AND THE THAGOMIZER
21	ANKYLOSAURUS ARMORED DINOSAURS AND “MR. BONES”
22	CORYTHOSAURUS DUCKBILLS WITH HEADGEAR
23	STEGOCERAS THE “UNICORN DINOSAUR” AND THE BONEHEADS
24	PROTOCERATOPS THE GRIFFIN LEGENDS AND THE ORIGIN OF HORNED DINOSAURS
25	TRICERATOPS THE “DINOSAURIAN BISON” AND THE LAST OF THE DINOSAURS
	INDEX