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<p>Preface<br>Part 1. Overview<br> 1. Forty Years of Ceratophilia <br>Part 2. Systematics and New Ceratopsians<br> 2. Taxonomy, Cranial Morphology, and Relationships of Parrot-Beaked Dinosaurs <br> 3. A New Species of Archaeoceratops from the Early Cretaceous of the Mazongshan Area, Northwestern China<br> 4. A Redescription of the Montanoceratops cerorhynchus Holotype with a Review of Referred Material <br> 5. First Basal Neoceratopsian from the Oldman Formation, Southern Alberta <br> 6. Zuniceratops christopheri: The North American Ceratopsid Sister Taxon Reconstructed on the Basis of New Data <br> 7. Horned Dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Coahuila, Mexico <br> 8. New Basal Centrosaurine Ceratopsian Skulls from the Wahweap Formation, Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Southern Utah<br> 9. A New Pachyrhinosaurus-Like Ceratopsid from the Upper Dinosaur Park Formation of Southern Alberta, Canada <br> 10. New Material of "Styracosaurus" ovatus from the Two Medicine Formation of Montana <br> 11. A New Chasmosaurine from the Upper Cretaceous Ojo Alamo Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico <br> 12. A New Chasmosaurine Ceratopsid from the Judith River Formation, Montana <br> 13. Description of a Complete and Fully Articulated Chasmosaurine Postcranium Previously Assigned to Anchiceratops <br> 14. A New, Small Ceratopsian Dinosaur from the Latest Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation, Northwest South Dakota, United States: A Preliminary Description <br>Part 3. Anatomy, Functional Biology, and Behavior<br> 15. Comments on the Basicranium and Palate of Basal Ceratopsians <br> 16. Mandibular Anatomy in Basal Ceratopsia<br> 17. Histological Evaluation of Ontogenetic Bone Surface Texture Changes in the Frill of Centrosaurus apertus <br> 18. Modeling Structural Properties of the Frill of Triceratops <br> 19. New Evidence Regarding the Structure and Function of the Horns in Triceratops<br> 20. Evolutionary Interactions between Horn and Frill Morphology in Chasmosaurine Ceratopsians <br> 21. Skull Shapes as Indicators of Niche Partitioning by Sympatric Chasmosaurine and Centrosaurine Dinosaurs <br> 22. The Function of Large Eyes in Protoceratops: A Nocturnal Ceratopsian? <br> 23. A Semi-Aquatic Life Habit for Psittacosaurus<br> 24. Habitual Locomotor Behavior Inferred from Manual Pathology in Two Late Cretaceous Chasmosaurine Ceratopsid Dinosaurs, Chasmosaurus irvinensis and Chasmosaurus belli<br> 25. Paleopathologies in Albertan Ceratopsids and Their Behavioral Significance <br>Part 4. Horned Dinosaurs in Time and Space: Paleobiology, Taphonomy, and Paleoecology<br> 26. An Update on the Paleobiogeography of Ceratopsian Dinosaurs <br> 27. Unraveling a Radiation: A Review of the Diversity, Stratigraphic Distribution, Biogeography, and Evolution of Horned Dinosaurs <br> 28. A Review of Ceratopsian Paleoenvironmental Associations and Taphonomy <br> 29. Behavioral Interpretations from Ceratopsid Bonebeds<br> 30. Paleontology and Paleoenvironmental Interpretation of the Kikak-Tegoseak Quarry, Northern Alaska: A Multi-Disciplinary Study of a High-Latitude Ceratopsian Dinosaur Bonebed<br> 31. Taphonomy of Horned Dinosaurs from the Late Campanian Kaiparowits Formation, Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Utah <br> 32. A Centrosaurine Mega-Bonebed from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern Alberta: Implications for Behavior and Death Events<br> 33. Insect Trace Fossils Associated with Protoceratops Carcasses in the Djadokhta Formation, Mongolia <br> 34. Faunal Composition and Significance of High-Diversity, Mixed Bonebeds Containing Agujaceratops mariscalensis and Other Dinosaurs, Aguja Formation Big Bend, Texas <br>Part 5. History of Horned Dinosaur Collection<br> 35. Lost in Plain Sight: Rediscovery of William E. Cutler's Missing Eoceratops <br> 36. Historical Collecting Bias and the Fossil Record of Triceratops in Montana <br>Afterword <br>Index</p>
<p>Supplemental CD-ROM<br> 1. A Ceratopsian Compendium<br> 2. Ceratopsian Discoveries and Work in Alberta, Canada: History and Census</p>

<p>An essential resource for current information on the ceratopsians</p>

<p>Michael J. Ryan is Vice-Chair Curator and Head of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.</p>
<p>Brenda J. Chinnery-Allgeier is Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin.</p>
<p>David A. Eberth is a senior research scientist at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada.</p>

<p>Most people know Ceratopsian dinosaurs by the iconic Triceratops, the large, rhinoceros-like dinosaur of the late Cretaceous (in North America and Asia) with two long brow horns, a nose horn, and an imposing bony frill covering its neck. But Triceratops was only one of many Ceratopsian dinosaur species. Currently, approximately 80 species of Ceratopsians have been described, and information about these unique animals is rapidly growing. This impressive volume includes the work of 66 expert contributors, divided into 36 chapters plus two lengthy contributions on CD-ROM. The book is technical, but anyone well versed in vertebrate anatomy and curious about Ceratopsian dinosaurs should find much to glean. Following an engaging overview by self-described 'ceratophile' Peter Dodson, the book is divided into the following sections: 'Systematics and New Ceratopsians,' 'Anatomy, Functional Biology, and Behavior,' 'Horned Dinosaurs in Time and Space,' and 'History of Horned Dinosaur Collection.' Chapters cover Ceratopsian discoveries and taxonomy, presumed herding behavior, bone beds, use of frills in display and competition, niche segregation, paleoenvironments, and new species. The discussion of the potential limitations of cladistic analysis, especially as applied to immature animals, should prove insightful to evolutionary biology students. This richly illustrated volume will be valuable to anyone with a serious interest in dinosaurs. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty. —Choice</p>

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