The Complete Dinosaur

Index

1083 Index I Note: Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations, charts, or tables. Page numbers preceded by CP refer to the color plates. Aardonyx, 427, 432, 433 abduction, 150 Abel, Othenio, 380 abelisaurids: and Asian discoveries, 84, 85, 93; classification of, 353; developmental tradeoffs in, 776; of Early Cretaceous, 1014; features that characterize, 354; feeding of, 371, 372, 593; footprints and trackways of, 736; jaws of, 660; limbs of, 655; locomotion of, 372; size of, 373; and southern continent discoveries, 112 abelisauroids, 84, 109, 354 Abelisaurus, 107, 354 Abelson, P. H., 275 Abrictosaurus, 559 acanthomorphs, 961 Acanthostega, 961 Accipiter gentilis, 409 accipitrids, 409 Accipitriformes, 394 Achelousaurus, 536, 541 Achillesaurus, 365 Achillobator, 368 acid rain, 1035–36 acoustic diffraction tomography, 129–30, 130 Acrocanthosaurus, 358, 358, 660, 722, 736, 1041 Actinopterygia, 960–61 Adelobasileus, 983 adzebills (Aptornis), 405 aegialornithids, 410 Aegotheles insignis, 410 Aegothelidae (owlet-nightjars), 410, 410 Aepyornis, 8, 396, 397 aepyornithid birds, 204, 397 Aequornithes, 394, 413 aerial photography, 248, 250, 250 aerobic capacity, 819; and bipedality, 830; bradyaerobic organisms, 819–20; and dorsopelvic elongation, 831–33; and endothermy, 786; and gigantism, 859; hypothesis of, 822–23, 865; in intermediate dinosaurs, 880, 881, 901, 903–904, 906, 907, 912, 914; and limb posture, 829–31; and locomotion, 822–23, 826–29; of mammals and birds, 788; and metabolic rates, 820, 822; of reptiles, 799–800; of theropods, 787, 812; traits indicative of, 864 Aerodramus, 411 Aerosteon, 359 aetosaurs, 199–200, 325, 655, 978, 978 Africa: and dispersalist biogeography, 934; and early dinosaur discoveries, 8–9, 50–52, 55–57, 109–11; and evolution of dinosaurs, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1014, 1015, 1017; and faunal succession, 1019; and paleoclimatology, 951; and plate tectonics, 929, 1006 African bovids, 851 Afrovenator, 356 Agassiz, Louis, 28–29 Ager, Derek, 236 ages of dinosaurs, 629–30, 631, 632 ages/stages, 225–26 Agilisaurus, 550, 560 agnathans, 959–60 Agnolin, F., 406–407 Agujaceratops, 145, 146, 147, 536, 542, 545 Ahlquist, J. A., 394, 418 Aiello, L. C., 775 aigialosaurs, 974 air sacs: and buoyancy, 651; collapse of, 651, 839–40; controversy about, 839–41; evolution of, 650–51, 811; and fracture repair, 685–86; and intermediate dinosaurs, 906; and respiration, 659, 800; skeletal features supporting, 802–803; and theropods, 651, 804–805, 808 Ajkaceratops, 539–40, 954 Alamosaurus, 107, 457, 461, 583, 584, 846 Alaskan land bridge, 239 albatrosses (Diomedeidae), 403, 403, 837 Alberch, P., 763 Albertaceratops, 210, 536, 541 Albertonykus, 365 Albertosaurus, CP 32, 165, 366, 537, 705, 770, 771, 846 Alcediniformes, 414 Alcidae (auks), 407, 407 Alectrosaurus, 81, 360 Aletopelta, 517 Alexander, R. M., 639, 644–45, 658, 659, 662, 748 algae, 570 Algoasaurus, 111 Alifanov, V. R., 193 Alioramus, CP 12, 362 Alligator, 260, 802, 806, 807, 807 alligators: bite forces of, 662; bones of, 630, 885, 889, 890, 894–95, 897, 918; circulatory system of, 888; and Crurotarsi, 978; growth rates of, 790, 846; mass-specific SMRs of, 878; metabolic rates of, 877; neuroanatomy of, 200; osteoderms of, 499; and paleopathology, 685; pelvic anatomy of, 809; thermoregulation of, 874, 875, 876, 880 allometry, 764 allopatric speciation, 933, 934, 936, 949–52 allosaurids, 200, 264, 358, 655, 688, 736 allosauroids: and biogeography, 942; classification of, 357; eggs and nests of, 616; and evolution of dinosaurs, 1014, 1015; footprints and trackways of, 731, 733; skulls of, 660; and taxonomy, 214 allosaurs: bones of, 897; classification of, 357; and evolution of dinosaurs, 1012, 1018–20; neuroanatomy of, 201 Allosaurus: and air sacs, 804; body-to-brain weight relationship, 199; bones of, 632, 886, 890; classification of, 357; endocast of, 192; footprints and trackways of, 732; fossils of, 121, 124, 127, 680, 1053; growth rates of, 846; hearing of, 370; musculature of, 162, 179; nasal airways of, 837; neuroanatomy of, 200–201; ontogenetic changes in, 765; origin and evolution of, 1012; and origins of theropods, 348; pathologies of, 669, 676– 77, 678, 680–81, 680, 683, 689; predation of, 661; sexual maturity in, 765; skeletal reconstruction of, 358; skull of, 660, 661; and Stegosaurs, 500; teeth of, 593, 659 alpha keratins, 276–80, 276, 277 Alvarenga, H. M. F., 407 alvarezsaurids, 98–99, 279–80, 364, 365, 731, 733 alvarezsauroids, 97, 363, 364, 365, 373 Alwalkeria, 336 Amargasaurus, 107, 461, 465, 953 amateur dinosaur hunters, 28, 57, 1039 Amazon Basin, 953 Ambiortus, 392 Amblyrhynchus, 973–74 Ambondra, 984–85 Index 1084 Ameghino, Carlos, 112 Ameghino, Florentino, 112 amino acids, 275 Amiot, R., 852, 853, 909 Amitabha, 405 ammonites, 234–35 ammonoids, 340...