Dinosaurs - the Grand Tour: Everything Worth Knowing About Dinosaurs from Aardonyx to Zuniceratops

Pim, Keiron

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Workman Pub. Co.

Annotation: Now fully updated with all the latest discoveries: An illustrated guide to the key geology, history, and evolutionary theory for every dinosaur worth knowing about, along with their size and weight, what they ate, when they lived, and where they roamed

Genre: [Paleontology]

Reviews: 2

Catalog Number: #6607352

Format: Paperback

Common Core/STEAM: STEAM

Publisher: Workman Pub. Co.

Edition Date: 2019 Release Date: 12/10/19

Pages: 368 pages

ISBN: 1-615-19519-X

ISBN 13: 978-1-615-19519-0

Dewey: 567.9

LCCN: 2019039264

Dimensions: 26 cm

Subject Heading:
Dinosaurs.

Language: English

Reviews:

ALA Booklist

This book provides detailed analyses of more than 300 different dinosaurs, grouped by the period (Triassic, Jurassic, or Cretaceous) in which they lived. Information is provided for each dinosaur on name pronunciation, the creature's diet and weight, where bones have been found, and when it lived. Dramatic illustrations and silhouettes of the dinosaur accompany each profile. Interspersed in the text are short explanations of various aspects of dinosaur lore, such as the Bone Wars. There is no table of contents, but there is a glossary and an index. This is a good, inexpensive choice for those who want the most up-to-date, comprehensive information on dinosaurs, and it is suitable for school and public libraries.

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Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reading Level: 7.0

Interest Level: 9-12

Bigger and Better, Updated and Expanded

We live in a golden age of paleontological discovery—on average, we find one new dinosaur species per week. The most fascinating among them take their place in this updated edition of Dinosaurs—The Grand Tour; from Aardonyx, a lumbering beast that formed a link between two- and four-legged dinosaurs, to Zuniceratops, who boasted a deadly pair of horns. Here, you’ll find everything worth knowing about every dinosaur worth knowing—more than 300 in all, including:

Amphibious Halszkaraptor looks like no other dinosaur we’ve found—with a head and body the size of a duck’s, sharp claws . . . and a swanlike neck.
Longer than a blue whale and three times taller than a giraffe, Patagotitan is a newly discovered contender for “biggest dinosaur ever.”
The speedy little feathered predator Stenonychosaurus was an anatomical marvel, with retractable claws, asymmetrical ears for advanced hearing, incredible night vision, and a huge brain.
Oviraptor—whose name means “egg thief “—doesn’t deserve its bad rap. This specimen from 1923 is now proven to have been sitting by its own eggs—not stealing another’s.
Sinornithosaurus prove that dinosaurs shed their skin the same way that humans do, rather than sloughing it off all at once like a snake.

At-a-glance sidebars put each dinosaur’s diet, size, and location at your fingertips. Stories of harrowing expeditions conjure the thrills of history’s most famous dinosaur hunters. Highlights from recent research reveal what’s new in paleontology today, including scientists’ evolving idea of what dinosaurs actually looked like. (Hint: They were more colorful—and feathery!—than we ever thought before.) And illustrations on virtually every page bring these prehistoric creatures to life in all their glory.

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