Below are a few (quite extensive) summaries about modern topics in dinosaur paleontology. Dinosaurs' metabolism The facts for and against warm-bloodedness. Dinosaurs' lifestyles Discussions about changes in the conceptions we have of dinosaurs' environment, posture, behaviour, etc. The dinosaur-bird link Information about the recently discovered extremely birdlike, some feathered theropods, debates on the origin of flight, on the skin of dinosaurs... Dinosaurs' extinction The proofs for the existence of an extraterrestrial impact at the end of the Cretaceous, and a discussion about the circumstances of the extinction, together with comments on other hypotheses.
Complete Table of the dinosaur discussions Dinosaurs' metabolism Explanation of the terms Feathered dinosaurs Dinosaur hearts and pterosaur endothermy Pterosaur endothermy Arctic and Antarctic dinosaurs Mass homoiothermy Predator / prey ratios Bone histology Posture, behaviour and growth The Sauropod feeding problem The Sailbacks problem The success of dinosaurs Dinosaurs' lifestyles Moving Posture Ceratopian gait Sauropod necks Running Habitat The case for terrestrial sauropods The case for terrestrial hadrosaurs Feeding Collecting food Sauropod trunks Chewing Digesting Behaviour Herds Social structure Cares to the young Intelligence The dinosaur-bird link Archaeopteryx and its links to both birds and dinosaurs Dinosaurian features of Archaeopteryx Archaeopteryx feathers The wishbone debate Three problems, and answers The feathered dinosaurs Feathers versus scales Description of the feathered theropods The origin of flight Cursorial or arboreal Relationships among early birds and bird-like dinosaurs Dinosaurs' extinction Proofs for an extraterrestrial impact The iridium-bearing layer Shocked quartz Nickeliferous magnetites Other mass extinction and impacts Circumstances of the extinction The scheme of the extinction The disappeared species Other hypotheses The marine regression hypothesis The volcanic hypothesis Some more hypothesis |