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Title
Author
# of Pages
The Dinosaur Heresies
Robert T. Bakker, Ph.D.
481

Contents

Preface    (p. 9)

    Part I    The Conquering Cold-Bloods: A Conundrum
1. Brontosaurus in the Great Hall at Yale    (p. 15)
2. Wyoming Reverie: Meditation on the Geological Text    (p. 29)
3. Mesozoic Class Warfare: Cold-Bloods versus the Fabulous Furballs    (p. 48)
4. Dinosaurs Score Where Komodo Dragons Fail    (p. 75)

    Part II    The Habitat of the Dinosaurs
5. The Case of the Brontosaurus: Finding the Body    (p. 105)
6. Gizzard Stones and Brontosaur Menus    (p. 125)
7. The Case of the Duckbill's Hand    (p. 146)
8. Dinosaurs at Table    (p. 160)
9. When Dinosaurs Invented Flowers    (p. 179)

    Part III    Defense, Locomotion, and the Case for Warm-Blooded Dinosaurs
10. The Teutonic Diplodocus: A Lesson in Gait and Carriage    (p. 201)
11. Mesozoic Arms Race    (p. 226)
12. Defense Without Armour    (p. 255)
13. Dinosaurs Take to the Air    (p. 273)
14. Archaeopteryx Parternity Suit: The Dinosaur-Bird Connection    (p. 298)

    Part IV    The Warm-Blooded Metronome of Evolution
15. Sex and Intimidation: the Body Language of Dinosaurs    (p. 325)
16. The Warm-Blooded Tempo of the Dinosaurs' Growth    (p. 347)
17. Strong Hearts, Stout Lungs, and Big Brains    (p. 361)
18. Eaters and Eaten as the Test of Warm-Bloodedness    (p. 375)

    Part V    Dynastic Frailty and the Pulses of Animal History
19. Punctuated Equilibrium: The Evolutionary Timekeeper    (p. 395)
20. The Kazanian Revolution: Setting the Stage for the Dinosauria    (p. 406)
21. The Twilight of the Dinosaurs    (p. 425)
22. Dinosaurs Have Class    (p. 445)

Notes and References    (p. 463)
Index    (p. 473)
A Note About the Author    (p. 482)