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A Field Guide to Dinosaurs: The essential handbook for travellers in the Mesozoic
Henry Gee
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Sensational discoveries during the past decade have shed new light on the most intimate details of dinosaurs' lives, from their appearance and diet to their behaviour, their family structures - even their sex lives. Modern finds encompass far more than the discovery of bones, and have uncovered eggs, footprints, skin impressions, even feathers. Biochemistry tells us what dinosaurs ate; fossil studies teach us how they grew. Engineering design techniques are used to work out how they fed, demonstrating that Tyrannosaurus Rex was a bone-crushing butcher while Allosaurus ripped and slashed flesh from its fleeing prey. Now, A Field Guide to Dinosaurs shows us more about these animals than we could previously have imagined. The latest dinosaur findings present a far more vivid and complete picture of this extraordinarily successful group of animals than would have been thought possible only a few years ago. Recent finds in South America, Madagascar, Mongolia, China and Australia have revealed the existence of amazing and exotic dinosaurs. Some of the most remarkable finds in these recently explored territories include feathered dinosaurs from China, as well as a sauropod d
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| Authors | Henry Gee |
| ISBN | 9781865088471 |
| Binding | Hardback |
| Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
| Dimensions | 274 x 232 x 18 |
| Page Count | 144 |
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