Cover -- About the Authors -- Also from Visible Ink Press -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 - Forming Fossils -- In the Beginning -- Beginnings of Life -- Geologic Time -- Time Periods -- First Fossils -- Dinosaur Fossils -- Chapter 2 - Evalution of the Dinosaurs -- Dinosaur Ancestors -- Dinosaurs First Appear -- Chapter 3 - Triassic Period -- Continents during the Triassic Period -- Triassic Dinosaurs -- Other Life during the Triassic -- Chapter 4 - Jurassic Period -- Important Jurassic Dinosaurs -- Saurischian Dinosaurs -- Ornithischian Dinosaurs -- General Jurassic Dinosaur Facts -- Other Life in the Jurassic -- Chapter 5 - Cretaceous Peroid -- Important Cretaceous Dinosaurs -- Saurischian Dinosaurs -- Ornithischian -- General Cretaceous Dinosaur Facts -- Other Life in the Cretaceous -- Chapter 6 - Dinosaurs Inside and Out -- Growing Bones -- Abnormal Dinosaur Bones -- Dinosaur Skin -- Teeth and Claws -- Dinosaur Metabolism -- Dinosaur Size -- Chapter 7 - Dinosaurs Behaviour -- Eating Habits -- Dinosaurs in Motion -- Dinosaur Babies -- Mature Dinosaurs -- Dinosaur Quirks -- Chapter 8 - The End of Dinosaurs -- The Cretaceous Extinction -- Theories about Dinosaur Extinction -- The Impact Theory -- Other Extinction Theories -- Chapter 9 - Dinosaurs Connections -- Aftermath of Extinction -- From Dinosaurs to Birds -- Dinosaurs All around Us -- The Search for the Missing Link -- Chapter 10 - Dinosaur Discoveries in North America -- Early Dinosaur History in the United States -- Recent Discoveries in the United States -- Famous Paleontologists from North America -- Chapter 11 - International Dinosaur Discoveries -- Early Dinosaur History outside the United States -- Dinosaur Discoveries -- Famous Paleontologists outside North America -- Chapter 12 - Learning More About Dinosaurs -- How to Find Dinosaur Bones.

Digging Up Fossils -- Putting Dinosaurs Together -- Learning Paleontology -- Resources -- Dinosaur Web Sites -- Index.