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Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs (Life of the Past) Hardcover – Download: Adobe Reader, November 14, 2006

by Kenneth Carpenter (Editor)
3.9 out of 5 stars 15 ratings

Horns and Beaks completes Ken Carpenter's series on the major dinosaur types. As with his volumes on armored, carnivorous, and sauropodomorph dinosaurs, this book collects original and new information, reflecting the latest discoveries and research on these two groups of animals. The Ornithopods include Iguanodon, one of the first dinosaurs ever discovered and analyzed, and perhaps the most common and best-documented group, the hadrosaurs or "duckbilled dinosaurs." The Ceratopsians include Triceratops, known for its distinctive three-horned skull and protective collar.

Contributors are Michael K. Brett-Surman, Kathleen Brill, Kenneth Carpenter, Benjamin S. Creisler, Tony DiCroce, Andrew A. Farke, Peter M. Galton, David Gilpin, Thomas M. Lehman, Nate L. Murphy, Christopher J. Ott, Gregory S. Paul, Xabier Pereda Suberbiola, Albert Prieto-Marquez, Bruce Rothschild, José Ignacio Ruiz-Omeñaca, Darren H. Tanke, Mark Thompson, David Trexler, and Jonathan R. Wagner.

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  1. Part of series
    Life of the Past
  2. Print length
    384 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Indiana University Press
  5. Publication date
    November 14, 2006
  6. Dimensions
    7.32 x 1.05 x 10.18 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    025334817X
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0253348173
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Kenneth Carpenter is the dinosaur paleontologist for the Denver Museum of Natural History and author of Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs, editor of The Armored Dinosaurs and The Carnivorous Dinosaurs, and co-editor of Mesozoic Vertebrate Life and Thunder-Lizards, all published by Indiana University Press. He is also co-editor of Dinosaur Systematics, Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, and The Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. He lives in Denver, Colorado.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Indiana University Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 14, 2006
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Illustrated
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 025334817X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0253348173
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.15 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.32 x 1.05 x 10.18 inches
  • Part of series ‏ : ‎ Life of the Past
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  • Natural Historian
    5.0 out of 5 stars Comments and recommendations
    Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2007
    Format: Hardcover
    This book is an excellent collection of technical papers for the professional or advanced amateur. It's sort of a snapshot of the forefront of ornithopod (e.g. Iguanodon, duckbilled dinosaurs, horned dinosaurs) paleontology.

    If you don't have a background in paleontology, you'll most likely be happier reading other material. On that note, here are some of my recommendations for easier, less-technical reading that anyone can be happy with: Peter Dodson's "The Horned Dinosaurs"; Farlow and Brett-Surman's "The Complete Dinosaur"; Czerkas and Olson's "Dinosaurs: Past and Present (Vol. 1-2)"; Greg Paul's "The Scientific American Book of Dinosaurs." The first in that list is the only one with a single author (and the only one that really needs to be read straight-through). The rest are collections of stand-alone articles that shouldn't have the reader seeking an outside reference. Also, those compilations include topics beyond just ornithopod dinosaurs. All of those are rather well-illustrated; "Dinosaurs P & P" is the best along those lines. Since Dodson's book is the only one I mentioned as a straight-through read, I feel compelled to mention others, though off-topic: I believe Michael Novacek's "Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs" and "Time Traveler" and Peter Ward's "Gorgon" are all excellent.
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  • John Yeara
    3.0 out of 5 stars Some very specific information but not diverse enough.
    Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2022
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    It's a difficult read because it's really just a collection of research papers with abstracts. It was good to have an explanation that was complete regarding the hadrosaur 'Trachodon'. It's supposed to be also about the ceratopsians though and there's really not much on their evolution and I think that's significant because they were a diverse group, but there's not enough to explain where they came from how they suddenly just popped up at the beginning of the Cretaceous period and of course the evolution of a wide variety of frills and horns. If you can find a relatively inexpensive copy and you are a dinosaur enthusiast, it's good to have but it's not for kids for sure and lacking in a wide range of information; particularly of the ceratopsians.
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  • T. J. R. Weakley
    2.0 out of 5 stars False Pretences
    Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2007
    Format: Hardcover
    Because prospective customers cannot actually browse books on virtual shelves, Amazon.com owes it to its customers to indicate clearly, right up front, the level of technical expertise of the non-fiction books on offer, and most particularly when it is suggesting purchase of books on an 'if you liked this, you'll like that' basis. This is not the first time I have bought a book which turned out to be not what I expected, following one of those 'People who bought this ... also bought this ...' e-mail ads, supposing in the present case that it would be an account for the general reader of the current thinking about a sub-set of the class Dinosauria, what they looked like and how they lived. If the blurb stated that Carpenter was the editor (which would have put me on my guard) rather than the sole author, I missed it. I found I had bought a set of highly technical articles which might have been taken directly from a journal of palaeontology, with titles like 'Teeth of Ornithischian Dinosaurs ..from the Morrison Formation', apparently written for professional palaeontologists and zoologists with a strong background in anatomy. There is no introductory article setting the field in perspective, although there is a very short preface in which the editor hopes "..there is a little of something for everyone" - not for me, a retired academic chemist with a fairly good general knowledge of other sciences - nor is there any attempt to link or correlate the articles. No technical glossary, and no depictions of the living beasts inside the book to match the attractive dust-jacket. Do not buy this book unless you already are an enthusiast for squamous fenestrae and opisthotic-exoccipital sutures.
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  • Sergio Greco
    5.0 out of 5 stars Libro per appassionati
    Reviewed in Italy on March 12, 2018
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    Il libro raccoglie le ricerche effettuate dalle massime autorità paleontologiche specializzate sulle famiglie di quei dinosauri conosciuti come Ceratopsidi, Ornitopodi e Adrosauri. La materia è trattata in modo molto tecnico ed il libro è consigliato agli appassionati che vogliono approfondire le proprie conoscenze e aggiornarsi sulle scoperte più recenti. Di notevole interesse i capitoli che rivalutano le tesi dei pionieri della paleontologia e i percorsi speculativi che li hanno portati a delle conclusioni oggi smentite. Libro altamente consigliato.
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