Backpack Books: 1001 Facts About Dinosaurs

195 Pages·2002·5.98 MB·english

by  DK Publishing

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BACKPACK BOOKS
FACTS
ABOUT
dinosAurs
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MEGALOSAURUS
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BACKPACK BOOKS
FACTS
ABOUT
dinosAurs
Written by
NEIL CLARK
and WILLIAM LINDSAY
With additional material
from Dougal Dixon
HYPSILOPHODON
TRICERATOPS
SKULL
STEGOSAURUS
DORLING KINDERSLEY
London• NewYork • Stuttgart
LONDON, NEW YORK, MUNICH,
MELBOURNE AND DELHI
Editor Simon Mugford
Designer Dan Green
Senior editor Andrew Macintyre
Design manager Jane Thomas
Category Publisher Sue Grabham
Production Nicola Torode
With thanks to the original team
Editor Bernadette Crowley
Arteditors Ann Cannings / Sheilagh Noble
Senior editor Susan McKeever
Senior art editor Helen Senior
Picture research Caroline Brooke
First American Edition, 2002
Published in the United States by
DKPublishing, Inc.,
375 Hudson Street,
New York, NY 10014
This edition copyright © 2002 Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pockets Dinosaurcopyright © 1995 Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Some of the material in this book originally appeared in Pockets
Dinosaur, published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright
Conventions. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored
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of the copyright owner. Published in Great Britain by Dorling
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the Library of Congress
ISBN 0-7894-8448-X
Color reproduction by Colourscan
Printed and bound in Singapore by Star Standard
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C
ONTENTS
INTRODUCTION TO DINOSAURS 8
What are dinosaurs? 10
Discovering dinosaurs 16
Dinosaur world 22
Dinosaur anatomy 32
Dinosaur lifestyles 46
The first dinosaurs 56
Dinosaur extinction 58
SAURISCHIAN DINOSAURS 60
About saurischians 62
Theropods 64
Carnosaurs 66
Ornithomimosaurs 72
Oviraptosaurs 74
Troodontids 76
Dromaeosaurids 78
Other theropods 80
Dinosaurs and birds 82
Sauropodomorphs 84
Prosauropods 86
Sauropods 88
ORNITHISCHIAN DINOSAURS 92
About ornithischians 94
Stegosaurs 96
Ankylosaurs 100
Ornithopods 104
Iguanodonts 106
Hadrosaurs 108
Pachycephalosaurs 114
Ceratopsians 116
REPTILES OF THE SEA AND AIR 122
About sea and air reptiles 124
Reptiles at sea 126
Reptiles in the air 130
DINOSAUR FACTS 134
Early discoveries 136
The dinosaur hunters 138
The world of the dinosaurs 140
Meat-eaters 142
Plant-eaters 144
Armored dinosaurs 146
Zoogeography 148
Dinosaur preservation 150
More dinosaur peers 154
Trace fossils 156
Dinosaur lifestyles 158
Dinosaur controversies 160
Fantasy and fiction 162
Dinosaur records 164
Dinosaur miscellany 166
REFERENCE SECTION 168
Dinosaur discoverers 170
Reptiles classified 174
Dinosaurs classified 176
Records and myths 178
Digging up dinosaurs 180
Resources 182
Pronunciation guide 184
Glossary 186
Index 188
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