Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. In the Beginning
1. Megalosaurus: The Great Lizard, the Scrotum Humanum, and the First Named Dinosaur
2. Iguanodon: Gideon Mantell, Louis Dollo, and the First Dinosaur Fauna
3. Cetiosaurus: The Whale Lizard, Richard Owen, and the First Known Sauropod
4. Hadrosaurus: Joseph Leidy and the First American Dinosaur
5. Eoraptor: The First Dinosaurs
Part II. The Long-Necked Giants
6. Plateosaurus: Ancestors of the Giants
7. Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus: Marsh, Cope, and the Bone Wars
8. Diplodocus: The Real Jurassic Park and Carnegies Gift
9. Giraffatitan: The Tallest of the Tall, and the Tendaguru
10. Patagotitan: Whös the Biggest of Them All?
Part III. Red in Tooth and Claw: The Theropods
11. Coelophysis: The Little Dinosaur of Ghost Ranch
12. Cryolophosaurus: Denizen of the Polar Darkness
13. Spinosaurus: Lost Giants of Egypt
14. Tyrannosaurus: King of the Tyrant Reptiles
15. Giganotosaurus: Biggest Predator of All?
16. Deinocheirus: Terrible Hands Lead to Big Surprises
17. Velociraptor: Terrible Claws and the Dinosaur Renaissance
18. Sinosauropteryx: Feathered Dinosaurs and the Origin of Birds
Part IV. Horns and Spikes and Armor and Duck Beaks: The Ornithischians
19. Heterodontosaurus: The Origin of Ornithischians
20. Stegosaurus: The Roofed Lizard and the Thagomizer
21. Ankylosaurus: Armored Dinosaurs and Mr. Bones
22. Corythosaurus: Duckbills with Headgear
23. Stegoceras: The Unicorn Dinosaur and the Boneheads
24. Protoceratops: The Griffin Legend and the Origin of Horned Dinosaurs
25. Triceratops: The Dinosaurian Bison and the Last of the Dinosaurs
Index