The Illustrated Book of DinosaursTraces the history of dinosaurs, as well as the development of paleontology. Dinosaurs from all the major groups are described as well as some of the winged reptiles and sea creatures that shared the dinosaurs' world. |
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65 million Age of Dinosaurs Allosaurus amphibians ancestors animals ankylosaurs Apatosaurus Archaeopteryx armored backbone big flesh-eaters bigger bird-hipped birds body bones bony plates Brachiosaurus Camarasaurus Cambrian Camptosaurus carnosaurs Cetiosaurids claws Compsognathus creatures Cretaceous period crocodiles Deinonychus dino dinosaurs dinosaurs lived Diplodocus duckbilled dinosaurs early Edmontosaurus eggs evolved feathers feet long fish flesh-eating dinosaur gave rise giant grew hadrosaurids head horned dinosaurs horny beak huge hunted Hypsilophodon Ichthyosaurs Iguanodon jaws Jurassic Jurassic period kinds of dinosaur land largest Late Cretaceous Late Jurassic legs lizards mammals Mesozoic million years ago nodosaurids North America ornithischian Ornitholestes ornithomimids Ornithomimus ornithopods Pachycephalosaurus Paleozoic Permian plant-eating dinosaurs plants plesiosaurs prehistoric prey probably prosauropods Protoceratops Psittacosaurus pterosaurs reptiles rock saurischian sauropods saurs scientists Segnosaurus sharp teeth shell shellfish skeleton skin skull spikes Spinosaurus Stegosaurus swam tail thecodonts theropods titanosaurid Triassic Triceratops trilobites turtles Tyrannosaurus vertebrates walked warm warm-blooded wings