Description
Book SynopsisAn illustrated guide to our astonishing new understanding of dinosaurs, with the latest science and the most accurate and visually stunning palaeoart.
Trade Review'Want to know what dinosaurs really looked like? Leading palaeontologist Michael Benton and renowned palaeoartist Bob Nicholls join forces to show you dinosaurs like you've never seen them before. You'll see dinosaurs in full technicolour, covered in feathers, with camouflaged bodies, iridescent heads, rings on their tails, wings on their arms, and sometimes even their legs. And best of all, it's real. This gorgeous book belongs on the bookshelves of any science enthusiast, and any movie director or television producer looking to bring dinosaurs to the screen' - Steve Brusatte, professor and palaeontologist at the University of Edinburgh and bestselling author of 'The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs'
'World-leading palaeontologist Michael J. Benton cracks open the fossil evidence to reveal the truth behind what dinosaurs looked like in this fascinating and remarkably illustrated guide' - How it Works
'The illustrations by expert palaeoartist Bob Nicholls make this coffee table book a real treasure' - BBC Science Focus
'An informative, engaging, and beautiful volume detailing the cutting-edge work that has gone into reconstructing the paleobiology of the dinosaurs and their contemporaries' - Quarterly Review of Biology
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION
1. Sinosauropteryx
2. Anchiornis
3. Caudipteryx
4. Microraptor
5. Archaeopteryx
6. Confuciusornis
7. Edmontosaurus
8. Eomaia
9. Saltasaurus
10. Psittacosaurus
11. Kulindadromeus
12. Stenoptergius
13. Borealopelta
14. Anurognathus
15. Tupandactylus
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