''The Dinosauria'' is an extensive book on

dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is t ...

s, compiled by David B. Weishampel,

Peter Dodson Peter Dodson (born August 20, 1946) is an American paleontologist who has published many papers and written and collaborated on books about dinosaurs. An authority on Ceratopsians, he has also authored several papers and textbooks on hadrosaurs a ...

, and

Halszka Osmólska Halszka Osmólska (September 15, 1930 – March 31, 2008) was a Polish paleontologist who had specialized in Mongolian dinosaurs. Biography She was born in 1930 in Poznań. In 1949, she began to study biology at Faculty of Biology and Earth Scie ...

. It has been published in 2 editions, with the first edition published in 1990, consisting of material from 23 scientists.Benson R. (2007), "Review: Weishampel D.B., Dodson P. & Osmolska H. 2004. ''The Dinosauria''", ''

Geological Magazine The ''Geological Magazine'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 1864, covering the earth sciences. It publishes original scientific research papers on geological topics. The journal is published bimonthly by Cambridge University ...

'' 144(1): pp. 218-219 The second, greatly revised edition, was published in 2004, with material from 43 scientists. Both editions were published by

University of California Press The University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. It was founded in 1893 to publish scholarly and scientific works by faculty ...

. The book covers a wide range of topics about dinosaurs, including their

systematics Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: cladograms, phylogenetic tre ...

anatomy Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its ...

, and

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

. It has been lauded as "the best scholarly reference work available on dinosaurs" and "an historically unparalleled compendium of information" and by Padian (1991) as a "monumental work" which features the work of 23 dinosaur specialists: "an instant classic".Padian, K. (June 20, 1991). eview ofThe Dinosauria. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 263-266

Editions

*Weishampel, D. B., Dodson, P., & Osmólska, H. (1990). The Dinosauria. Berkeley: University of California Press. *Weishampel, D. B., Dodson, P., Osmólska, H., & Hilton, Richard P. (2004). The Dinosauria. Berkeley: University of California Press.Ruben, J. (December 01, 2005). The Dinosauria. Second Edition. Edited by David B Weishampel, Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska.The Dinosauria. Second Edition. Edited by David B. Weishampel, Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska. Berkeley CA: University of California Press. $95.00. xviii + 861 pages; ill.; genera and species, stratigraphic and geographic, and subject indexes. . (2004). The Quarterly Review of Biology, vol. 80, no. 4, pp. 468-469

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