Index
337 Aalenian, 105, 115–18, 120, 121, 122, 130–32 abelisaurids, 287 abundance, 137, 143, 146, 196 acetabulum, 180, 192 adaptation, 144, 148, 197, 201, 237 adaptive zone, 126 adductor fossa, 21, 36–37, 158 adipose tissue, 207, 208, 219, 223 Aegyptosaurus, 53, 68–69, 72, 73, 234, 246 Aeolosaurus, 53, 68–69, 72 Africa, 5, 10–11, 15–16, 274; dicraeosaurids in, 35, 172; Jurassic of, 35, 142, 145, 276; prosauropods in, 129, 140, 146; rebbachisaurids in, 143, 157; titanosaurs in, 20, 38–39, 143. See also names of specific countries age and growth, 311, 313–14, 320; adult, 304, 312, 316–17, 319, 321–22; juvenile, 312, 316; subadult, 316–17, 321. See also longevity air sacs: cervical, 216; pulmonary, 203, 217–20, 223 air volume in bones, 212–15, 217–21, 223 Alamosaurus: locomotion of, 240, 246; phylogeny of, 53–55, 56, 68–71, 72, 115, 296; A. sanjuanensis, 240, 246, 297 Albian: diplodocoids in, 136–37, 143; and diversity, 105, 112, 115–16, 119–20, 121, 130; feeding mechanisms in, 132–33, 134; teeth in, 135; titanosaurs in, 66, 136 alligators, 315 allometry, 312, 320 Allosaurus, 8 alveolar trough, 158, 159, 161–63, 165–66, 167–68 alveolus, 164 Amargasaurus, 37, 115, 172, 234, 243 Ampelosaurus, 53, 68–71, 72, 234, 245 Amphicoelias, 234 Amprino’s rule, 313, 317–18, 321 Andesauridae, 51, 54, 71 Andesaurus: A. delgadoi, 38, 52; phylogeny of, 51, 56, 67, 71–72, 73; in trees and cladograms, 53–55, 68–69, 234, 296 angiosperms, 147, 196 angular, 59–60, 158–59, 160, 295 ankle, 21, 41 ankylosaurs, 242, 245 Antarctica, 10 Antarctosaurus: A. giganteus, 39; phylogeny of, 53, 55, 68–69, 71–72, 234; A. septentrionalis, 65; A. wichmannianus, 170 Antenonitrus, 2, 24, 27, 29, 31, 237 Apatosaurus, 17, 24, 115, 243; bones of, 180–81, 194, 242, 244, 307, 315–21; A. excelsus, 17, 240, 242, 317; feeding mechanism of, 128; feet of, 29, 31, 33, 240–41; growth of, 10, 315; limbs of, 24; A. louisae, 186, 190, 240–41, 244; neck of, 185–86, 195; phylogeny of, 234; and pneumaticity, 204, 205, 211, 214; skull of, 61, 327; specializations of, 37, 38; and tracks, 254–55, 260 apomorphies, 163 appendicular characters, 36 Aptian: and diversity, 105, 115–16, 119, 130, 135, 143; feeding mechanisms in, 132–33, 134; titanosaurs in, 66–67, 136 archosaurs (Archosauria), 167, 203, 208, 209, 239, 314 Argentina, 5, 119, 139, 287; eggs from, 10, 50, 285–86, 289; titanosaurs in, 51, 66–67, 296; tracks in, 265, 269 Argentinosaurus, 212, 244; growth of, 315, 323; phylogeny of, 53, 68–69, 71–72, 73; size of, 303–4 Argyrosaurus, 53, 68–69, 72, 234 Arizona, 259 Arkansas, 269 Asia, 5, 18, 142, 272, 276; titanosaurs in, 19, 39. See also names of specific countries ASP (air-space proportion), 212–15, 220, 223 astralagus, 21, 33, 41 Atlantosauridae, 16, 51 Atlasaurus, 115, 117 Auca Mahuevo eggs. See eggs, Auca Mahuevo Aucasaurus garridoi, 287 Augustinia, 53, 68–69, 72 Australia, 10, 268 INDEX Austrosaurus, 53, 115 autapomorphies, 37, 60, 108, 214 Bajocian, 105, 115–16, 120, 122, 130–32, 135 Barapasaurus, 2, 111, 115, 139, 234; feet of, 31–32; and pneumaticity, 202, 205–6, 207, 209, 211; quadrupedalism of, 237–39 Barosaurus, 8, 115, 172, 234, 256; B. africanus, 213, 246; bones of, 30, 213–14, 312, 315–16 Barremian: diplodocoids in, 136, 143; and diversity, 105, 115–16, 119, 120, 130, 136; feeding mechanisms in, 132–33, 134; teeth in, 135, 170, 174 Bathonian, 105, 115–16, 117–18, 130, 132, 134–36 behavior, 323. See also feeding; locomotion; rearing; reproduction Bellusaurus, 115, 117 Berriasian: diplodocoids in, 136, 143; and diversity, 105, 115–16, 118–21, 130, 132, 135–36 bioenergetics, 194 biology, 109, 310, 312. See also paleobiology biomass, 125, 140, 197. See also body size/mass biomechanics, 215, 303–4, 310, 316 biorhythms, 305, 310, 312 biotic mixing, 121, 137 bipedalism, 23, 231–33, 237, 241, 245–46, 263 birds, 306, 330–31; altricial, 321–22; growth of, 307, 312, 313, 315, 317, 321–22; necks of, 182, 189–90, 191–92. See also names of specific birds birds and pneumaticity, 203–4, 209–10, 212–13, 221–22, 223; adipose tissue in, 208, 219; air sacs in, 203, 220; diverticula of, 206, 216, 223 bison, 179 Blikanasaurus, 2, 27, 30–31, 115, 117, 140; limbs of, 23, 24, 29, 237 body plan, 1–2, 3, 20, 178 body size/mass, 6...
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