The Dinosaur Heresies: A Revolutionary View of Dinosaurs

This study of dinosaur habits covers how they ate, reproduced & moved. Bakker’s illustrations are based on 1st-hand studies of dinosaur exhibits in museums throughout the world. This book supports the view that dinosaurs were warm-blooded, intelligent & agile creatures bearing little resemblance to existing reptiles. More than 12 years ago, Bakker provoked a controversy on this subject, opposing the widely held belief that dinosaurs were cold-blooded, lumbering & of low intelligence.Preface1 The conquering a Brontosaurus in the Great Hall at Yale; Wyoming meditation on the geological text; Mesozoic class cold-bloods versus the fabulous furballs; Dinosaurs score where Komodo dragons fail2 The habitat of the The case of the finding the body; Gizzard stones & brontosaur menus; The case of the duckbill’s hand; Dinosaurs at table; When dinosaurs invented flowers3 Defense, locomotion & the case for warm-blooded The Teutonic a lesson in gait & carriage; Mesozoic arms race; Defense without armor; Dinosaurs take to the air; Archaeopteryx paternity the dinosaur-bird connection4 The warm-blooded metronome of Sex & the body language of dinosaurs; The warm-blooded tempo of the dinosaurs’ growth; Strong hearts, stout lungs & big brains; Eaters & eaten as the test of warm-bloodedness5 Dynastic frailty & the pulses of animal Punctuated the evolutionary timekeeper; The Kazanian setting the stage for the Dinosauria; The twilight of the dinosaurs; Dinosaurs have classNotes & ReferencesIndexA Note About the Author