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Dragons of the Air

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

Year of Publication: 1901Genres: Life Sciences,Nature,Animals

Running Time: 07 hours 51 minutes 14 seconds(19 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Jeffery

#	Chapter Name
	Preface Jeffery	4:28
	Chapter 1 - Flying Reptiles Jeffery	6:55
	Chapter 2 - How a Reptile is Known Jeffery	16:18
	Chapter 3 - A Reptile is Known by its Bones Jeffery	7:04
	Chapter 4 - Animals Which Fly Jeffery	20:27
	Chapter 5 - Discovery of the Pterodactyle Jeffery	19:29
	Chapter 6 - How Animals are Interpreted by their Bones Jeffery	16:00
	Chapter 7 - Interpretation of Pterodactyles by Their Soft Parts Jeffery	25:45
	Chapter 8 - The Plan of the Skeleton Jeffery	44:16
	Chapter 9 - The Backbone, or Vertebral Column Jeffery	29:46
	Chapter 10 - The Hip Girdle and Hind Limb Jeffery	28:24
	Chapter 11 - Shoulder Girdle and Fore Limb Jeffery	56:32
	Chapter 12 - Evidences of the Animal's Habits from its Remains Jeffery	20:28
	Chapter 13 - Ancient Ornithosaurs from the Lias Jeffery	21:13
	Chapter 14 - Rhamphocephalus Jeffery	35:34
	Chapter 15 - Ornithosaurs from the Upper Secondary Rocks Jeffery	26:48
	Chapter 16 - Classification of the Ornithosauria Jeffery	15:04
	Chapter 17 - Family Relations of Pterodactyles to Animals which lived with them Jeffery	34:35
	Chapter 18 - How Pterodactyles may have originated Jeffery	42:08