Dinosaurs through time
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Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-toDate Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of
All Ages by Peter L. Larson
Written by a professional
paleontologist for
younger readers, this
award-winning guide to
the complete Dinosauria
is packed with enough
detail and insider
information to satisfy
even adult dinophiles! The
text includes brief entries
on all 800+ “named”
species of Mesozoic dinosaurs, as well as chapters
on the history of dinosaur discoveries, the science
of dinosaur art, dinosaur biology, and much more.
With sidebars by 33 world-famous paleontologists
and museum-quality illustrations, this is a musthave compendium of fact and fandom that dino
enthusiasts of all ages will devour with glee!
Prehistoric: The Definitive Visual History
of Life on Earth by Dorling Kindersley
Experience a story 3.8
billion years in the making,
with this unparalleled
visual guide to prehistoric
life.
Unprecedented visual
detail, comprehensive
entries on hundreds of
species and the latest
research provides the
whole picture of the creatures and plants that
represent Earth’s prehistoric life.
Journey through the millennia and explore the
rise and fall of successive organisms, devastating
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extinctions and the knife-edge progress of
evolution. Fantastic photographs and images
present each species in exceptional clarity, including
3D CT scans that transform inert fossils into species
that almost live and breath on the page.
Eras Explained
Climates Explained
Geological time is split up into Eras, and within these
Eras there are subdivisions called Periods (these are
still tens of millions of years long, and then within
these Periods are even smaller subdivisions called
Epochs (several million years). So Eras, Periods and
Epochs work similarly to hours, minutes and seconds.
The dinosaurs existed in the Triassic, Jurassic and
Cretaceous Periods, which make up the Mesozoic Era.
In the Triassic and Early Jurassic the climate was very dry,
with no polar ice caps at all – there was high seasonality,