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The Best-ever Book of Dinosaurs

Name: The Best-ever Book of Dinosaurs
ISBN: 9780753402191

By Michael J. Benton

Tiny fossils reveal dinosaurs’ secrets—but what really happened when their vanished world came to an end?

informative · fascinating · detailed · prehistoric

Genres

Non-fiction Animals Nature

What is The Best-ever Book of Dinosaurs about?

How do scientists uncover the secrets of dinosaurs that disappeared 65 million years ago? By studying fossils, footprints and other tiny clues, they can rebuild the story of a vanished world. Discover a group of Coelophysis caught in a flood in ancient Arizona, Oviraptors guarding their nests in Mongolia, and many other remarkable creatures that lived alongside the dinosaurs. With vivid explanations of fossil discoveries, famous dig sites and the mass extinction, this book brings prehistoric life vividly back to life.

About the author

Michael J. Benton is a British palaeontologist who studies fossils and the history of life on Earth. He is a professor at the University of Bristol and has written more than fifty books. His popular titles include Dinosaurs Rediscovered and Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World, helping readers discover how amazing dinosaurs and other ancient creatures were.

Pages

63 pages

Reading age

Junior (8-13)

This edition

1998

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