Geological Magazine; September 2008; v. 145; no. 5;
p. 749; DOI: 10.1017/S0016756808004731
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CARPENTER, K. (ed.) 2007. Horns and Beaks. Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs.
xi + 369 pp. Bloomington, Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. Price US $49.95 (hard covers). ISBN 9780 253 34817 3.
David Norman
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The preface to this book informs readers that this is the last of a number of edited volumes, focused specifically upon dinosaurs, to be produced by Indiana University Press; these books have emerged under the general umbrella of the Life of the Past series that was the brainchild of the general editor James Farlow.
I have watched the emergence of these volumes with some concern. On the one hand it is perhaps of value to draw together scientific papers summarizing new discoveries and developments thematically in this way (armoured dinosaurs, carnivorous dinosaurs, etc.), but . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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