Dragons of the Air

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Nature, Life Sciences, Animals

Authors: Harry Seeley In Year : 1901

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Dragons of the Air

Preface
Chapter 1 - Flying Reptiles
Chapter 2 - How a Reptile is Known
Chapter 3 - A Reptile is Known by its Bones
Chapter 4 - Animals Which Fly
Chapter 5 - Discovery of the Pterodactyle
Chapter 6 - How Animals are Interpreted by their Bones
Chapter 7 - Interpretation of Pterodactyles by Their Soft Parts
Chapter 8 - The Plan of the Skeleton
Chapter 9 - The Backbone, or Vertebral Column
Chapter 10 - The Hip Girdle and Hind Limb
Chapter 11 - Shoulder Girdle and Fore Limb
Chapter 12 - Evidences of the Animal's Habits from its Remains
Chapter 13 - Ancient Ornithosaurs from the Lias
Chapter 14 - Rhamphocephalus
Chapter 15 - Ornithosaurs from the Upper Secondary Rocks
Chapter 16 - Classification of the Ornithosauria
Chapter 17 - Family Relations of Pterodactyles to Animals which lived with them
Chapter 18 - How Pterodactyles may have originated

Sir Richard Owen coined the term "dinosaur" ("Terrible Reptile" or "Fearfully Great Reptile") in the 19th century. When Harry G. Seeley, a student of law at that time, attended a lecture on flying reptiles, his interest in paleontology was piqued, and he pursued paleontology for the remainder of his life. He determined that dinosaurs could be divided into two groups, the lizard-hipped dinosaurs and the bird-hipped dinosaurs. He is also credited with characterizing flying dinosaurs as warm-blooded active flyers rather than cold-blooded passive gliders. His popular book on the flying dinosaurs, Dragons of the Air, is a comprehensive treatise on the structure, classification, and possible evolutionary origins of the Pterosaurs as well as their relationship to birds. - Summary by Jeffery Smith