• Dinosaur Encyclopaedia 10.0 is a hypertext reference program in PDF format containing information on all known and characterized dinosaurs and Mesozoic birdsdescribed up until November, 2005.. The point and click format makes the program suitable for all ages, from primary school to adult. For each genus there is a summary that includes the family type (with pictorial representation), geological era, size, location, name meaning, type of fossils, comments, valid species and in many cases an illustration. In a second section all species are listed, and for each species, individual specimens are listed with catalogue number, detailed description, and location information (including formation, site, lat.long grid reference and a position reference to accompanying location maps). To complete each genus section there is an extensive list of literature references. Other sections of the encyclopaedia cover dinosaur and bird families, important discovery sites, egg and footprint taxa, and essays on a number of topics such as dinosaurs and birds, extinction, endothermy, classifiaction, fossilisation, dinosaurs from different countries, geological eras, etc. All sections have their own reference lists. As well as location maps, there is a 450 term supplementary glossary file. The information can be browsed, or accessed by name, country of origin, size or geological time period, or searched by individual words or from extensive indexes. Author: Graeme Worth HyperWorks Reference Software.

• The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia provides information on all known dinosaurs and is updated every 12 months. For individual dinosaurs the information is much more detailed than can be found on any web site, and the number of dinosaurs covered is more than in any other software package. The information is compiled from various scientific sources including original journal articles, and hundreds of journal references are included for users to research further their own interests. Price for a new user is Aust$40 (~US$30), and updates cost Aust$10. For more information contact Graeme Worth at gkw@amnet.net.au

• NOTE:: Version 4.0 is available online!!! Graeme has graciously allowed me to put the html code of his older Version 4.0 online for your perusal and use. Version 4.0 contains detailed information on all fully characterized dinosaurs described up until July, 1999 so it is a good start for your research. If your dinosaur is a more recent find then I suggest you get your own copy of Version 10 from Graeme!

• Please note that Version 10.0 is in a completely different format (PDF, so will work on any computer such as Macs, Unix etc that have a PDF viewer such as Reader installed), and contain a vastly expanded amount of information, different style of location map and glossary, and many full colour illustrations. It also contains many new dinosaurs discovered since V4 was released. The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia contains detailed information on all fully characterized dinosaurs and Mesozoic birds described up until the end of November, 2005. IIn total there are entries for 1062 different genera containing more than 2185 species, with 270 dinosaur illustrations (including 124 colour), almost 3000 references and an essay section. Information includes the time period in which the animal lived, its family, its size, the location of fossil finds, the number of species, and any special comments. Individual specimens are listed (more than 22,500) with catalogue number, description of remains, location and a map reference. Separate sections contain descriptions of 100 important dinosaur locations from around the world; expanded descriptions of major dinosaur and bird groups or families; footprint taxa (271 genera); egg taxa (45 genera); a list of all genus names appearing in the encyclopaedia; a subject index; and a section with lists of dinosaurs and birds by size, time period and country. A 587 term glossary and 14 location maps with more than 550 marked sites complete the encyclopaedia. The total package size is more than 2700 pages.

• WHAT’S NEW - version 10
  252 new references added (including several old Cope and March refs that could not be specifically
  attributed until read).
  Fixed problem with text scrolling left off-screen when linked from Cladogram.
  Vertebrate taxa lists updated (total non-dinsaurian genera now 1219).
  New Genera (41): Adamantisaurus, Agujaceratops, Alaskacephale, Antarctopelta, Archaeorhynchus,
  Baurutitan, Cathartesaura, Cedrorestes, Cerebavis, Dalianraptor, Dapingfangornis, Dracorex,
  Dracovenator, Dubreuillosaurus, Erketu, Europasaurus, Fusuisaurus, Galvesaurus, Guanlong, Hagryphus,
  Hexinlusaurus, Hongshanornis, Huanghetitan, Jiutaisaurus, Juravenator, Ligabuesaurus, Mantellisaurus,
  Mapusaurus, Maxakalisaurus, Othnielosaurus, Puertasaurus, Razandrogobe, Sacisaurus, Sonidosaurus,
  Theiophytalia, Trigonosaurus, Xuanhuaceratops, Yamaceratops, Yinlong, Yuanmousaurus, Zapalasaurus.
  New Species (5): Gallimimus mongoliensis, Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis, Psittacosaurus sibiricus (details
  updated with 250 specimens), Saurornitholestes robustus, Sinornithosaurus haoiana.
  Status Change (4): Aliwalia (junior synonym), Eucnemesaurus (valid), Gigantspinosaurus (valid),
  Kangnasaurus (valid).
  Name Change (1): Nemegtomaia.
  New illustrations (6): Brachytrachelopan, Chasmosaurus, Epidendrosaurus, Pisanosaurus, Sinornis,
  Zalmoxes.
  New Footprint taxa (10): Apulosauripus, Asianopodus, Chuxiongpus, Goseongosauripes,
  Iguanodonopus, Lufengopus, Siamopodus, Tanjiangpus, Weiyixanpus, Yunnanopus.
  New Egg taxa (1): Dictyoolithus gongzhulinhensis.

  
  I do ask if you find this a useful source that you consider supporting him and ordering the latest Version. I recommend you contact Graeme and order a copy. Dino Russ 12-1-06

Last Updated:12/1/06 RJJ