THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE GENERATIONS OF GREAT PALEONTOLOGISTS OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.

HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN
WALTER GRANGER
BARNUM BROWN
WILLIAM DILLER MATTHEW
WILLIAM KING GREGORY
JACOB WORTMAN
ELMER RIGGS
GEORGE GAYLORD SIMPSON
EDWIN H. COLBERT
BOBB SCHAEFFER
MALCOLM C. MCKENNA
EUGENE GAFFNEY

THEY ESTABLISHED VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY IN THE UNITED STATES; THEIR DISCOVERIES PUT DINOSAUR PALEONTOLOGY ON A FIRM FOUNDATION; AND THEIR TALENT FOR MAKING DINOSAURS EXCITING BROUGHT ABOUT “DINOMANIA.” THEY WERE MY INTELLECTUAL MENTORS AND FORBEARS WHEN I WAS TRAINED THERE FROM 1976 TO 1982.