Theropods

• Introduction to Saurischian Dinosaurs (Therapods + Sauropodomorphs)
• The Earliest Therapod Group: Ceratosauria ("Horned Reptile" Theropod Dinosaurs)
• The Remaining Therapods: Tetanuran Theropods (Diverse Carnivorous Dinosaurs)
• Big Mean Eating Machines: Carnosauria
• Tyrannosaurus rex Exposition
• Sue: The Largest and Most Complete T. rex on Display at Chicago's Field Museum
• A King-Sized Coprolite from T. rex
• Terrorsaurus! at the Australian Museum
• Mark Norell's Search for Velociraptor
• Extremely Bird-like Theropods: Coelurosauria
• The "Raptors" including Deinonychus: The Dromaeosauridae
• Paul Sereno's Expedition Sponsored by National Geographic Exploring Dinosaurs of the Sahara
• EXTRA! New "Crocodile Mimic" Dinosaur Discovered by Paul Sereno: Suchomimus tenerensis
  Visit the source of the 11/13/98 Suchomimus Image at the Austin American-Statesman Website
  

Ornithischians

• The "Bird-Hipped" Ornithischian Dinosaurs have a Backward-Pointed Pubis
• Stegosaurus and Ankylosaurus were thyreophoran Ornithischians
• The Herbivorous Bipedal Iguanodon and "Duck-Billed" Hadrosaurs were Ornithopod Ornithischians
• The "Duck-Billed" Hadrosaurs had Elaborate Crests for Producing Sounds
• Hear a Hadrosaur Roar! (Requires RealAudio Plug-in)
• The "Different-Teeth-Lizard" had Cheeks for Chewing
• The Myth of Dinosaur Head Butting

Visit the Source of this Image of Seismosaurus at The Dinosaur Art of Joe Tucciarone Website

Sauropodomorphs

• Introduction to the Sauropods
• What Did Sauropods Eat?
• The World's Largest Collection of Dinosaur Footprints
• FLASH! New Discovery of Major Trove of Fossil Embryos of Titanosaurus Found in Argentina
  Described at American Museum or National Geographic or InfoQuest Websites

Dinosaur Paleobiology: Life at Large Size

• Top Ten Misconceptions about Dinosaurs
• How Fast were Dinosaurs?
• Carl Zimmer's Article Dinosaurs in Motion (Link is Temporary - Still OK 4/00)
• Could We Bring Back Dinosaurs Like in Jurassic Park?
• Were Dinosaurs Dead-Beat Dads?
• National Geographic's Website on Dinosaur Eggs
• USGS's Website on Dinosaurs: Fact and Fiction
• What Killed The Dinosaurs?
• Evidence that Many Extinctions Came Well Before The Asteroid Impact
• What Happened 65 Mya: Asteroids or Volcanoes?

Visit the Source of this Page's Featured Image of a Dog vs. Dinosaur at The Unnatural Museum Website

Were Dinosaurs Warmblooded?

• Reptiles are Hardly Cold-blooded
• Do Ectothermic Lizards Have Ecological Advantages?
• Examples of Heterothermy in Animals
• Lecture Notes: Physiological Ecology of Thermoregulation
• Lecture Notes: Why is thermoregulation important?
• Temperature Regulation

Dinosaurs with Feathers

• Lots of Feathered Dinosaurs at Louis Rey's Website
• See Excellent High Resolution Images of Feathered Running Therapod Dinosaur, Sinosauropteryx or Here A More Recent and Dramatic Discovery of a Feathered Dinosaur,
• A Current Cladogram Suggests that Feathers Evolved for Insulation, T. rex had Feathers, and the
  Question of Warm-blooded Dinosaurs is Not "If" but "When."

Doubts about Endothermy

• Turbinates vs. Hot and Cold Running Dinosaurs
• Cold-blooded Dinosaurs Ahead by a Nose
• Implications for Dinosaur Physiology from Brain/Body Allometry

The Answer?

• Were Dinosaurs Hot-Blooded or Cold-Blooded?
• A Very Complete Overview of the Controversy by Bristol Paleobiology Students
• More Thoughts on this Topic at Knowledge Adventure or Ed-Online or Museum Victoria

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