Dinosaurs : the most complete, up-to-date encyclopedia for dinosaur lovers of all ages
Thomas R. Holtz, Luis V. Rey (Illustrator)
A comprehensive encyclopedia the provides information on dinosaurs, their history, evolution, distribution, appearance, habitats, and eventual extinction
Children's nonfiction
427 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
9780375824197, 9780375924194, 0375824197, 0375924191
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The world of dinosaurs
History of dinosaur discoveries
Rocks and environment
Fossils and fossilization
Geologic time: how old is that dinosaur, and how do we know?
From the field to the museum: finding fossils
Bringing dinosaurs to life: the science of dinosaur art
Taxonomy: why do dinosaurs have such strange names?
Evolution: descent with modification
Cladistics: figuring out the dinosaur family tree
Evolution of the vertebrates
The origin of dinosaurs
Saurischians (lizard-hipped dinosaurs)
Coelophysoids and Ceratosaurs (primitive meat-eating dinosaurs)
Spinosauroids (megalosaurs and the fin-backed fish-eating dinosaurs)
Carnosaurs (giant meat-eating dinosaurs)
Primitive Coelurosaurs (the first fluffy dinosaurs)
Tyrannosauroids (tyrant dinosaurs)
Ornithomimosaurs and Alvarezsaurs (ostrich and thumb-clawed dinosaurs)
Oviraptorosaurs and Therizinosauroids (egg-thief and sloth dinosaurs)
Deinonychosaurs (raptor dinosaurs)
Avialians (birds)
Prosauropods (primitive long-necked plant-eating dinosaurs)
Primitive Sauropods (early giant long-necked dinosaurs)
Diplodocoids (whip-tailed giant long-necked dinosaurs)
Macronarians (big-nosed giant long-necked dinosaurs)
Ornithischians (bird-hipped dinosaurs)
Primitive Thyreophorans (early armored dinosaurs)
Stegosaurs (plated dinosaurs)
Ankylosaurs (tank dinosaurs)
Primitive Ornithopods (primitive beaked dinosaurs)
Iguanodontians (advanced beaked dinosaurs)
Hadrosauroids (duckbilled dinosaurs)
Pachycephalosaurs (domeheaded dinosaurs)
Primitive Ceratopsians (parrot and frilled dinosaurs)
Ceratopsids (horned dinosaurs)
Dinosaur eggs and babies
Dinosaur behavior: how did dinosaurs act, and how do we know?
Dinosaur biology: living, breathing dinosaurs
Life in the Triassic Period
Life in the Jurassic Period
Life in the Cretaceous Period
Extinctions: the world of the dinosaurs ends
Dinosaur Genus list
Includes index