Title:
Dinosaur
Author:
Edition:
Revised edition.
American edition.
Publication Date:
2021
Publication Information:
New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2021.
©2021
Physical Description:
72 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
ISBN:
9780744039078
Abstract:
"Travel back in time to a world filled with fearsome predators and long-necked giants. From terrifying Tyrannosaurus rex to ancient deep-sea monsters and flying reptiles, learn about how these fascinating prehistoric animals lived--and became extinct--more than 66 million years ago." --Back cover.
General Note:
First published in 1990.
Contents:
The age of dinosaurs -- Dinosaur types -- Triassic times -- Jurassic times -- Cretaceous times -- The end of an era -- How do we know? -- The first fossil finds -- Little and large -- Evolution -- Heads and brains -- Horns and crests -- Senses -- Meat-eaters -- Plant-eaters -- Long and short necks -- The backbone story -- All about tails -- Terrifying tails -- Plates and sails -- Arms and hands -- Claws and their uses -- Legs and feet -- Ancient footprints -- Tough skins -- Feathers -- Eggs and young -- Finding fossils -- Rebuilding a dinosaur -- Classifying dinosaurs -- Find out more -- Glossary.
Language:
English
Audience:
Middle school.
