Rediscovering the Age of Dinosaurs
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
<p>Journey to Jurassic times.</p>
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Our Enduring Fascination with Dinosaurs
- 02: Finding the First Dinosaur Bones
- 03: The Extinction That Launched the Dinosaurs
- 04: The Saurischia: Sharp Teeth, Long Necks
- 05: The Ornithischia: Armor, Thick Heads, Horns
- 06: How Rocks Reveal Dinosaur Secrets
- 07: How Bones Become Fossils
- 08: A Dinosaur Mystery in Madagascar
- 09: Tracing the Dinosaur Evolutionary Tree
- 10: What Did T. rex Taste Like?
- 11: Dinosaurs in Your Backyard
- 12: Marine Monsters of the Mesozoic
- 13: Weirdest Wonders on Wings
- 14: The Non-Dinosaurs in the Age of Dinosaurs
- 15: Dissecting a T. rex
- 16: How Did Dinosaurs Get So Big?
- 17: Were Dinosaurs Warm-Blooded?
- 18: The Eaters and the Eaten in the Dinosaur Age
- 19: The Tough Lives of Allosaurus and T. rex
- 20: Reimagining Everything about Dinosaurs
- 21: Dinosaur Eggs and Babies
- 22: How Dinosaurs Conquered the Cold
- 23: The Extinction That Ended the Dinosaurs
- 24: Dinosaur Resurrection
Taught by
Kristi Curry Rogers
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