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Just mutter the word ''dinosaur'' and you immediately conjure up images of a lost world, a fantastic but scary past when the earth was ruled by giant reptilians.

Dinosaurs are more popular today than ever before. Hardly a week goes by without word of an exciting new discovery in the badlands of countries like Argentina or China. New movies, documentaries and television shows focusing on these ''terrible lizards'' attract wide audiences. Some palaeontologists have even become minor celebrities. But despite the ''rock star'' attention that they receive, dinosaurs are not merely a trumped-up media creation. These animals were some of the most important, diverse and dominating creatures ever to inhabit the earth.

From the fearsome Tyrannosaurus and its carnivorous kin to the staggeringly huge sauropods Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus, Steve Brusatte''s expert text comprehensively describes each species-where they lived, what they looked like, what they ate, how they li

Dinosaurs

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      Publisher Quercus Publishing
      Published 7 April 2024
      ISBN-13 9781529438390
      978-1529438390
      ISBN-10 152943839X
      Also in:
      Natural History Dinosaurs and the prehistoric world: general interest

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Just mutter the word ''dinosaur'' and you immediately conjure up images of a lost world, a fantastic but scary past when the earth was ruled by giant reptilians.

      Dinosaurs are more popular today than ever before. Hardly a week goes by without word of an exciting new discovery in the badlands of countries like Argentina or China. New movies, documentaries and television shows focusing on these ''terrible lizards'' attract wide audiences. Some palaeontologists have even become minor celebrities. But despite the ''rock star'' attention that they receive, dinosaurs are not merely a trumped-up media creation. These animals were some of the most important, diverse and dominating creatures ever to inhabit the earth.

      From the fearsome Tyrannosaurus and its carnivorous kin to the staggeringly huge sauropods Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus, Steve Brusatte''s expert text comprehensively describes each species-where they lived, what they looked like, what they ate, how they li

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