The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs Third Edition (Princeton Field Guides)

Greg Paul is still the best at what he does: Bringing the science and world of dinosaurs to life. Don't let disagreements over Greg's take on dinosaur taxonomy and nomenclature dissuade you from making this purchase. This third update to his original 2010 work of the same title is filled to the brim with new and exciting content. From updates to what the latest evidence-based achievements in understanding the biologies/life histories of dinosaurs says about their appearances and behaviors, to those all important illustrations that bring them to life, this work is value added to the field, for both the amateur enthusiast and professional alike.

I didn't think that Gregory Paul would write a third edition of his field guide to non-avian dinosaurs, but after reading this book, I am quite surprised that he listed Stegosaurus ungulatus as "Stegotitanus" because S. ungulatus and S. stenops are the same genus and Sinornithosaurus haoianus as "Jeholraptor" because haoianus is now seen as a junior synonym of Sinornithosaurus millenii. I respectfully disagree with his referral of Apatosaurus louisae to Brontosaurus and his statement about Tuebingosaurus being a very mature Plateosaurus because A. louisae is more similar to A. ajax and Tuebingosaurus has been clearly demonstrated to be a sauropod relative irrespective of how mature it is, and the T. rex-related taxonomic scheme published by him in 2022 and included in this book has been refuted by Stephen Brusatte and others, who reject the taxonomic criteria used by Paul to create the new species T. imperator and T. regina for a few T. rex specimens (one Tyrannosaurus specimen from New Mexico has been recently described as the new species T. mcraeensis). Nevertheless, I'm glad that Gregory Paul has taken note of the paper published by Andrew Moore and colleagues in 2018 demonstrating that Bellusaurus sui is morphologically distinct from Klamelisaurus gobiensis despite known specimens of Bellusaurus being juvenile.

Gregoey S. Paul is a legend. This book is a gold mine and one of a kind. It has no equal in the field of paleontology, just like Greg himself. As for the print, it is of great quality.

The packaging was horrible. The book was just thrown into the box, no protection. Which resulted in the lower corner bashed, which runs through all the pages. C'mon guys, a little bubble wrap goes a long way for a better delivery.The book itself is just a gem for dinosaur lovers.Packaging.......needs much improvement.

As in past editions, this third edition is outstanding, both in it's content and in the multitude of exceptional illustrations. I love this book and I know anyone interested in dinosaurs will love it, too.

Great update from the best dinosaur researcher

When Gregory Pau was writing this book, I believe he had 2 priorities: art and self-promotion. The skeletal reconstructions are fantastic and truly well done! But, he seems focused on promoting his own beliefs on dinosaurs and how they are organized. Many of which go against the scientific consensus.This is NOT a book that describes the current consensus and conclusions by the scientific community about dinosaurs as a group. It’s the biased ideas of one author with great artwork.

Handling of some cases of controversial classification seems problematic. For example, this book describes Tyrannosaurus imperator and T. regina, which were proposed to be new species by Paul himself, as if they're well established species, despite these two are actually very controversial.