The dinosaur book
The story of prehistoric life as scientists have discovered it through the fossil record. Includes sections on life before dinosaurs, the age of dinosaurs, marine animals, mammals, and plants. Fully illustrated with timeline and glossary.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
DK Publishing,
2018.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
| Series: | DK Smithsonian.
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| Summary: | The story of prehistoric life as scientists have discovered it through the fossil record. Includes sections on life before dinosaurs, the age of dinosaurs, marine animals, mammals, and plants. Fully illustrated with timeline and glossary. Brings the extraordinary animals of prehistory to life, using the latest in digital technology. Take a journey through the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous worlds to discover giant predatory reptiles lurking in the seas, pterosaurs the size of small planes soaring through the skies, and colossal dinosaurs striding over the land. Meet the monstrous mammals that came next, such as the saber-toothed Smilodon and the wooly mammoth. Computer-generated imagery reveals the scales, spikes, teeth, and talons of these curious creatures. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 208 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781465474766 1465474765 |
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