The World of Dinosaurs by Dougal Dixon

The World of Dinosaurs by Dougal Dixon

Packed with vivid, scientifically accurate color illustrations and a wealth of exciting information, this book describes many of the known creatures that roamed the world millions of years ago. It begins with accounts of the various trilobites, the Earth's earliest-known animal forms. Ancestors of today's crustaceans and insects, they became extinct roughly 245 million years ago. Chapters that follow describe:

Triassic life--the age of early amphibians and reptiles>

Jurassic life--the age of the first dinosaurs>

Cretaceous life--an era dominated by great dinosaurs, including Tyrannosaurus Rex>

Ancient Mammals--including the wooly mammoth and the saber-toothed tiger>

The Ice Age--which saw the rise of the earliest apes>

Representative species from each prehistoric era are presented on two-page spreads that feature large illustrations of the living animal, photos of reconstructed fossil skeletons, and summary descriptions. This book is great fun for kids to read, and it also makes a valuable fact source for elementary school class projects that focus on prehistoric animal life.

Packed with vivid, scientifically accurate color illustrations and a wealth of exciting information, this book describes many of the known creatures that roamed the world millions of years ago. It begins with accounts of the various trilobites, the Earth's earliest-known animal forms. Ancestors of today's crustaceans and insects, they became extinct roughly 245 million years ago. Chapters that follow describe:

Triassic life--the age of early amphibians and reptiles>

Jurassic life--the age of the first dinosaurs>

Cretaceous life--an era dominated by great dinosaurs, including Tyrannosaurus Rex>

Ancient Mammals--including the wooly mammoth and the saber-toothed tiger>

The Ice Age--which saw the rise of the earliest apes>

Representative species from each prehistoric era are presented on two-page spreads that feature large illustrations of the living animal, photos of reconstructed fossil skeletons, and summary descriptions. This book is great fun for kids to read, and it also makes a valuable fact source for elementary school class projects that focus on prehistoric animal life.

Dougal Dixon attended the University of St Andrews in Scotland, where he studied geology and paleogeography. He is an award-winning author who specializes in earth sciences and evolution and has written numerous children's books and encyclopedias. He's developed a reputation for presenting things in a unique way. His most prominent writings in this regard are After Man: A Zoology of the Future, in which he explained the workings of evolution by speculating on the types of animals that may emerge in the future, and The New Dinosaurs, in which he discussed the zoogeography of the planet by speculating on what life might be like today if dinosaurs had not gone extinct.

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ISBN 13	9780764140822
ISBN 10	0764140825
Title	The World of Dinosaurs
Author	Dougal Dixon
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	B.E.S. Publishing
Year published	2008-08-01
Number of pages	112
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