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
PrefaceChapter 1 - Flying ReptilesChapter 2 - How a Reptile is KnownChapter 3 - A Reptile is Known by its BonesChapter 4 - Animals Which FlyChapter 5 - Discovery of the PterodactyleChapter 6 - How Animals are Interpreted by their BonesChapter 7 - Interpretation of Pterodactyles by Their Soft PartsChapter 8 - The Plan of the SkeletonChapter 9 - The Backbone, or Vertebral ColumnChapter 10 - The Hip Girdle and Hind LimbChapter 11 - Shoulder Girdle and Fore LimbChapter 12 - Evidences of the Animal's Habits from its RemainsChapter 13 - Ancient Ornithosaurs from the LiasChapter 14 - RhamphocephalusChapter 15 - Ornithosaurs from the Upper Secondary RocksChapter 16 - Classification of the OrnithosauriaChapter 17 - Family Relations of Pterodactyles to Animals which lived with themChapter 18 - How Pterodactyles may have originated
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