Aalenian Stage, 196, 198–199, 200
Alberti, Friedrich August von, 103
Albian Stage, 216, 262, 263, 264, 267–268
Allosaurus, 42, 51, 70, 72, 73, 152, 155–156, 162, 163
Alpine-Himalayan ranges, 29
American Journal of Science and Arts, 37
ammonites, 30, 31, 32, 33, 96, 98, 113, 146, 148, 195, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 218, 220, 260–261, 262, 264, 266, 267, 269, 270
Anatosaurus (Trachodon), 41, 222, 223–224
Anchisaurus, 37
Anchura, 246
ankylosaurs, 50, 88, 89, 91–92, 94, 171, 224, 225, 230, 235, 236, 272
Ankylosaurus, 224–225, 230, 273
Apatosaurus (Brontosaurus), 42, 49, 59, 63, 65, 152, 155, 156–158, 161, 166
Aptian Stage, 216, 258, 262, 263, 266, 267
Archaeopteryx, 71, 74, 99, 100, 153, 155, 158–159, 164, 208, 226, 227, 232
Archelon, 246
archosaurs, 44, 45, 69, 78, 79, 116, 152
asteroid theory of extinction, 33, 96, 97–99, 110, 221, 222, 273
Atlantosaurus, 42
Aucella, 182
Baculites, 246–247
Bajocian Stage, 196, 198, 199, 200
Barosaurus, 59
Barremian Stage, 258, 263, 266–267
Bauria, 121–122
Bavarisaurus, 50
Bernissart excavation site, 51, 168
Berriasian Stage, 203, 207, 263, 264–265
body temperature regulation in dinosaurs, 55–57, 59, 60, 67
Bothriospondylus, 39
brachiosaurs, 159–160
Brachiosaurus, 42, 59, 65, 67, 158, 159
Buckland, William, 37, 38, 204, 205
caenagnathids, 75
camarasaurs, 160–161
Campanian Stage, 260, 261, 263, 269, 270, 271
Canon City excavation site, 42
Cardioceras, 182–183
carnivorous dinosaurs, overview of, 50–51
Cenomanian Stage, 256, 260, 263, 267, 268
Cenozoic Era, 22, 23, 24, 29, 209, 212, 216, 250, 259, 262
Central Atlantic Magmatic Province, 26
Cerapoda, 76–88
ceratopsians, 46, 49, 50, 51, 58, 76–77, 83–88, 94, 177, 181, 182, 237, 239, 240, 241, 245, 272
Ceratosaurus, 71, 72, 155, 162–163
Chicxulub crater, 32, 33, 98, 221
Chondrosteiformes, 122
Cladeiodon, 38
cladistics, 46
Clidastes, 247
coccolithophores, 32–33, 96, 98, 209, 217, 220, 261
Coelophysis, 43, 50–51, 70, 71, 72, 116, 118, 119
coelurosaurs, 73–74, 162, 180, 228, 229
Como Bluff excavation site, 42
Compsognathus, 39, 40, 50, 70, 74, 163
Condylartha, 248–249
Confuciusornis, 163–165
Coniacian Stage, 263, 268, 269
continental rifting, 24–25, 28, 29, 33, 47, 48, 102, 105–106, 134, 141, 142, 188, 189, 192, 210
Corythosaurus, 81
Cretaceous Period, 23, 25, 26, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 43, 48, 49, 51, 52, 66, 69, 71, 73, 74, 75, 79, 82, 83, 89, 91, 93, 94, 95, 99, 100, 101, 103, 109, 117, 125, 129, 140, 145, 155, 156–157, 159, 163, 167, 169, 174, 179, 184, 185, 187, 203, 206, 209–274
climate, 215–216
geography, 211–215
geology, 255–274
invertebrates, 217–218, 246–247, 250–251, 254–255
marine life, 217–219, 246–248, 250–253, 254–255
vertebrates, 219–220, 222–249, 250–254
Cynognathus, 122–123
Daonella, 123
dawn redwood, 249–250
Deccan Traps, 26, 221, 255, 260
Deinodon, 41
Deinonychus, 51, 59, 76, 99, 226–227, 229, 245–246
Deltatheridium, 250
Dimorphodon, 165–166
Diplodocus, 42, 49, 59, 65, 67, 166–167
Docodon, 167
Dollo, Louis, 40
dromaeosaurs, 75–76, 99, 181, 226, 227, 229–230, 245
Dromaesaurus, 59
Egg Mountain excavation site, 55
Ellsworth, Solomon, Jr., 37
Eoraptor, 44
eurypterids, 111
Exogyra, 250–251
extinction, 26, 30, 32–34, 83, 93–99, 102, 103, 104, 109–112, 115, 145–146, 210, 211, 220–222, 274
foraminifera, 33–34, 96, 98, 111, 113, 114, 148, 213, 216, 217, 218, 220, 261, 269, 271
geoidal eustacy, 213
Gondwana, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 104, 105, 141, 142, 154, 192, 210, 211
Great Exhibition of 1851, 39, 168
hadrosaurs, 49, 53, 58, 77, 78, 80, 81, 87, 177, 210, 222, 223, 224, 232, 233, 234
Hadrosaurus, 41
Hauterivian Stage, 263, 265–266
Hell Creek Formation, 177, 178, 271–272
herbivorous dinosaurs, overview of, 48–50
herding behavior, 51–52
Herrerasaurus, 44, 69, 118, 119–120
Hettangian Stage, 139, 195, 196, 197
Hitchcock, Edward, 37
Holectypus, 184
Horner, John R., 53–54
Hypacrosaurus, 53
Hypsilophodon, 231–232
hypsilophodontids, 77, 79–80, 82
Icarosaurus, 117
Ichthyornis, 232–233
ichthyosaurs, 34, 39, 95, 115, 124–125, 150, 210, 218, 220, 251
Iguanodon, 37–38, 39, 40, 51, 161, 167–169, 219
iguanodontids, 77, 78, 80, 81, 223, 232
Inoceramus, 184
Jurassic Period, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 42, 63, 64, 66, 72, 73, 76, 88, 89, 90, 91, 93, 95, 103, 115, 116, 117, 121, 124, 125, 129, 134, 139, 140, 208, 209, 210, 212, 219, 220, 241, 250, 257, 262, 265, 274
climate, 144–145
geography, 141–144
geology, 188–204
invertebrates, 148–150, 151, 182–184, 187
marine life, 146–151, 182–184, 185–187
plants, 154–155
vertebrates, 150–154, 155–182, 183, 184–187
Kimmeridgian Stage, 196, 201, 202–203, 205
K–T boundary event, 95–99, 274
Kunlun Mountains, 28
Lagerpeton, 44
Lambeosaurus, 81, 222, 233–234
Lance Creek Formation, 42–43, 271, 273
Laosaurus, 42
Laurasia, 24, 27, 28, 104, 105, 134, 141, 142, 209–210, 211
Leptolepis, 126
Lesothosaurus, 76
Lewis and Clark, 37
Lewisuchus, 44
Maastrichtian Stage, 216, 256, 262, 263, 270–271
maniraptorans, 75–76
Marasuchus, 126–127
marsupials, 32, 185, 219, 250, 273
Megalosaurus, 37, 39, 40, 70, 72, 168
Mesozoic Marine Revolution, 31
metabolism in dinosaurs, 56, 57–60
Monoclonius, 43
Monopleura, 251
Moody, Pliny, 37
Morrison Formation, 42, 89, 140, 189, 191, 205–206
mosasaurs, 95, 210, 220, 251–252
multituberculates, 184–185
Myophoria, 127
Niobrara Limestone, 269, 270, 271, 273–274
Norian Stage, 135, 137–138, 139
Nothosaurus, 127–128
Olenekian Stage, 135–136
Omosaurus, 39
ophiolite sequences, 29
ornithischians, 40, 45, 60, 61, 62, 71, 76–93, 116, 152, 153, 156, 170, 171, 181, 224
Ornithomimus, 236–237
ornithopods, 39, 49, 50, 52, 76, 77–82, 85, 93, 94, 153, 162, 181, 232, 241, 272
Ornithoscelida, 39
orogeny, 25, 26, 27–28, 134, 140, 141, 142, 189, 191–192, 257, 259, 262
Oviraptor, 53, 86, 99, 236–238, 241
oviraptorids, 75
Owen, Richard, 34, 36, 38, 39, 67
Oxfordian Stage, 196, 200, 201–202, 205
pachycephalosaurs, 76–77, 82–83, 94, 181, 182, 272
Pachycephalosaurus, 82, 181, 238
Palaeosaurus, 38
paleontology, history of, 34–43, 45–46, 103–104
Paleozoic Era, 23, 24, 27, 30, 109, 115, 155, 216
Pamirs, 27
Pangea, 24, 26, 27, 28, 47, 48, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 133, 140, 141, 142, 144, 188, 274
Panthalassa, 104, 105, 106, 107–108
Parasaurolophus, 81
Permian extinction, 30, 102, 109, 110–111, 115, 274
phytosaurs, 128
Pisanosaurus, 76
placental mammals, 32, 185, 217, 219, 248, 250
Plateosaurus, 38, 64, 116, 120–121
plesiosaurs, 34, 39, 95, 127, 210, 218, 220, 251, 252–253
Plesiosaurus, 252
Pleuromeia, 128–129
Pliensbachian Stage, 196, 197, 198
prosauropods, 52, 63–65, 93, 120, 121
Protoceratops, 46, 50, 53, 75, 83, 85–86, 230, 237, 240–241
protoceratopsids, 76, 84, 85, 87
Pseudolagosuchus, 44
psittacosaurids, 85
Psittacosaurus, 83, 85, 87, 240, 241
Pteranodon, 253–254
pterosaurs, 95, 129–131, 141, 152, 210, 219–220, 253, 254
Purbeck Beds, 206–207
pycnodontiformes, 186–187
reproduction in dinosaurs, 53–55
Rhaetian Stage, 135, 138–139, 196
Rocky Mountains, 25, 54, 141, 142–143, 257, 274
Santonian Stage, 256, 260, 262, 263, 269–270
saurischians, 39, 40, 45, 60, 61, 62, 63–76, 116, 120, 152, 153
sauropods, 40, 49, 50, 52, 53, 59, 63, 64, 65–68, 69, 90, 93, 94, 121, 152, 157, 159, 160, 166, 177
Scaphites, 254
Scutellosaurus, 88, 170–172, 173
shales, 28
Sierra Nevada range, 25, 143, 192, 205, 255, 257, 259
siliciclastic rocks, 28
Sinemurian Stage, 196–197
Sinosauropteryx, 163
Smith, Nathan, 37
Solnhofen Limestone Formation, 140, 158, 207–208
Spinosaurus, 241–243
Stegoceras, 82
stegosaurs, 50, 88, 89–91, 93, 94, 224
Stegosaurus, 42, 89, 90, 91, 153, 155, 172–173
Steneosaurus, 174
Sternberg, Charles H., 43
Struthiomimus, 70, 74, 75, 243
Suess, Eduard, 27
Tenontosaurus, 51
Tethys Sea, 27–29, 105, 108, 134, 142, 144, 145, 192–193, 210, 212, 213–214, 217, 259, 260, 261
Tetractinella, 131–132
therizinosaurids, 75, 99, 243–244
theropods, 62, 63, 68–76, 78, 79, 86, 93, 94, 99, 119, 120, 152, 153, 156, 158, 162, 163, 164, 176, 180, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 236, 237, 241, 242, 243, 244
Thrinaxodon, 132
thyreophors, 88–89
Tithonian Stage, 196, 202, 203–204, 205, 206, 207, 265
Triassic Period, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 34, 35–36, 44, 48, 52, 63–64, 66, 69, 76, 78, 93, 95, 102–139, 140, 190, 191, 196, 252, 272, 274
climate, 106–109
geography, 104–106
geology, 133–139
invertebrates, 112–114, 123, 127, 131–132, 133
marine life, 18, 122, 123, 124–126, 127–128, 131–132, 133
vertebrates, 114–117, 118–122, 123–128, 129–131, 132
Triceratops, 43, 45, 46, 49, 83–85, 210, 219, 238, 240, 244–245, 262, 273
Trigonia, 187
trilobites, 111
Tritylodon, 132–133
Troodon, 99
troodontids, 41, 71, 227, 229, 230
Tropites, 133
turbidites, 28
Turritellids, 254–255
tyrannosaurs, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 83, 174–181, 223, 227, 228, 229, 272
Tyrannosaurus rex, 51, 83, 151, 174–175, 176–179, 180, 219, 222, 227, 229, 242, 272, 273
Valanginian Stage, 263, 265, 266
Velociraptor, 50, 59, 76, 99, 222, 227, 230, 245–246
Voltzia, 133
Yinlong, 181–182