The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: An Original and Compelling Insight Into Life in the Dinosaur Kingdom

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Barnes & Noble Books, 1998 - Dinosaurs - 208 pages
A detailed examination of the world of dinosaurs, their appearance, behavior, and families, describing current theories about their extinction and explaining how paleontologists study their fossilized remains.

Contents

AUTHORS FOREWORD
6
TO STUDY A DINOSAUR
24
DINOSAUR ORIGINS
34
ORNITHOMIMOSAURS AND OVIRAPTOROSAURS
48
SAURORNITHOIDIDS
54
CARNOSAURS
62
TYRANNOSAURIDS
68
PROSAUROPODS
74
HADROSAURIDS II
122
PSITTACOSAURS AND PROTOCERATOPIDS
133
CERATOPIDS II
140
PACHYCEPHALOSAURS
146
STEGOSAURIDS
152
SCELIDOSAURUS
158
ANKYLOSAURIDS
164
PTEROSAURS
170

DIPLODOCIDS
80
CAMARASAURIDS AND BRACHIOSAURIDS
86
MISCELLANEOUS SAUROPODS
92
FABROSAURIDS AND HETERODONTOSAURIDS
103
IGUANODONTIDS
110
HADROSAURIDS I
116
MARINE REPTILES
178
MAMMALLIKE REPTILES AND MAMMALS
186
GEOGRAPHY OF FINDS
199
PICTURE CREDITS
208
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