Dinosaurs

how they lived and evolved

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Darren Naish: Dinosaurs (2016)

224 psl.

English kalba

Publikuota 2016 m. balandžio 3 d.

ISBN:
978-1-58834-582-0
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OCLC numeris:
935983668

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Dinosaurs are one of the most spectacular groups of animals that have ever existed. Many were fantastic, bizarre creatures that still capture our the super-predator Tyrannosaurus , the plate-backed Stegosaurus , and the long-necked, long-tailed Diplodocus . The Ultimate Guide to How They Lived taps into our enduring interest in dinosaurs, shedding new light on different dinosaur groups. Leading paleontology experts Darren Naish and Paul Barrett trace the evolution, anatomy, biology, ecology, behavior, and lifestyle of a variety of dinosaurs. They also remind us that dinosaurs are far from they present evidence supporting the evolution of dinosaurs to birds that exist today as approximately ten thousand different species. Throughout their narrative Naish and Barrett reveal state-of-the-art new findings shaping our understanding of dinosaurs. Readers will discover, for example, how the use of CT-scanning enables scientists to look inside dinosaur skulls, thus gaining new insight into their brains and sense organs. …

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A nice, general book on dinosaurs.

An interesting general book about dinosaurs. It includes the latest research on dinosaurs to give a comprehensive and up-to-date view of them.

The book starts with a general overview of the dinosaur family, starting from their beginnings. It then covers the dinosaur family tree, showing where the various known dinosaurs sit in it.

The book then covers the anatomy of dinosaurs, showing how the various bones fit together. Depending on your current knowledge of dinosaur anatomy, you may learn some things. For me, it was that the posture of sauropods as usually depicted in various museums may not be anatomically correct. And, of course, the hands of the tyrannosaur and various theropods.

The book then goes into what the fossils, and other information taken from them, can tell us about how dinosaurs may have lived, their possible behaviours and about the surrounding environment at the time.

The book then looks …

Temos

  • Dinosaurs
  • Evolution
  • Extinction