DinosaursColor illustrations and photographed remains reanimate the awesome herbivores and carnivores--from the Plateosaurus, the earliest large dinosaur, to the Dinochelys, the forerunner of the turtle--that once thundered across the North American landscape. |
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| Title | Dinosaurs Facts America |
| Authors | Michael J. Benton, Ellen Weiss |
| Contributor | Ellen Weiss |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Smithmark Publishers, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0831723130, 9780831723132 |
| Length | 64 pages |
| Subjects | › › Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Fossils Nature / Animals / Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures |
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