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The rise and fall of the dinosaurs, a new history of a lost world, Steve Brusatte

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The rise and fall of the dinosaurs, a new history of a lost world, Steve Brusatte

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-532).

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mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The rise and fall of the dinosaurs

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1035797602

Responsibility statement

Steve Brusatte

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction

Sub title

a new history of a lost world

Summary

A sweeping narrative scientific history that tells the epic story of the dinosaurs. Brusatte examines their origins, their habitats, their extinction, and their living legacy. He offers accounts of some of the remarkable findings he and his colleagues have made in dinosaur research, during what he calls "a new golden age of discovery." -- adapted from jacket, Morrow edition

Table Of Contents

Timeline of the Age of Dinosaurs -- Dinosaur family tree -- World maps of the prehistoric Earth -- Prologue: The Golden Age of Discovery -- The dawn of the dinosaurs -- Dinosaurs rise up -- Dinosaurs become dominant -- Dinosaurs and drifting continents -- The tyrant dinosaurs -- The King of the Dinosaurs -- Dinosaurs at the top of their game -- Dinosaurs take flight -- Dinosaurs die out -- Epilogue: After the dinosaurs

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Rise & fall of the dinosaurs

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