Dinosaur Eggs and Babies

Foreword: tribute to Robert Makela J. R. Horner Preface List of institutional abbreviations Introduction K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner Part I. Distribution and History of Collecting: 1. Global distribution of dinosaur eggs, nests and baby skeletons K. Carpenter, and K. Alf 2. The discovery of dinosaur eggshells in nineteenth century France E. Buffetaut, and J. Le Loeuff Part II. Nests: 3. Dinosaur nesting patterns J. Moratalla, and J. Powell 4. Dinosaurian eggs from the Upper Cretaceous of Uruguay G. Faccio 5. Dinosaur egg laying and nesting in France R. Cousin, G. Breton, R. Fournier, and J-P. Watte 6. Late Maastrichtian dinosaur eggs from the Hateg Basin D. Grigorescu, D. Weishampel, D. Norman, M. Seclamen, M. Rusus, A. Baltres, and V. Teodorescu 7. Eggs and nests from the Cretaceous of Mongolia K. Mikhailov, K. Sabath, and S. Kurzanov 8. Comparative taphonomy of some dinosaur and extant bird colonial nesting grounds J. R. Horner 9. Predation of dinosaur nests by terrestrial crocodiles J. Kirkland Part III. Eggs: 10. Upper Jurassic eggshells from the western interior of North America K. F. Hirsch 11. Review of French dinosaur eggshells: eggshell morphology, structure, mineral and organic composition M. Vianey-Liaud, P. Mallan, O. Buscail, and C. Montgelard 12. Dinosaur eggs in China: on the structure and evolution of eggshells Z. Zi-Kui 13. Upper Cretaceous dinosaur eggs and nesting sites from the Deccan volcano-sedimentary province of peninsula India A. Sahni, S. K. Tandon, A. Jolly, S. Bajpai, A. Sood, and S. Srinivasan Part IV. Dinosaur Babies: 14. Life history syndromes, heterochrony, and the evolution of Dinosauria D. Weishampel, and J. R. Horner 15. Dinosaur reproduction in the fast lane: implication for size, success and extinction G. Paul 16. An embryonic Camarasaurus from the Upper Jurassic Morrison formation B. Britt, and B. Naylor 17. Upper Jurassic sauropod babies from the Morrison formation K. Carpenter, and J. McIntosh 18. Thermal travails of ornithopod nestings: implications for endothermy and insulation G. Paul 19. A baby Dryosaurus from the Upper Jurassic Morrison formation of Dinosaur National Monument K. Carpenter 20. An embryo of Camptosaurus from the Brushy Basin Member D. Chure, C. Turner, and F. Peterson 21. Ontogenetic growth of a new species of Hypacrosaurus J. R. Horner, and P. Currie 22. A nodosaurid scuteling from the Texas shore of the Western Interior Seaway L. Jacobs, D. Winkler, P. Murray, and J. Maurice 23. Dinosaur ontogeny and population structure: interpretations based on fossil footprints from North America M. Lockley 24. Summary and prospectus K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner Taxonomic Index.