Dinosaurs - The Grand Tour: Everything Worth Knowing About Dinosaurs from Aardonyx to Zuniceratops

562 Pages·2014·58.54 MB·English

by  Keiron Pim

DINOSAURS
THE GRAND TOUR
EVERYTHING WORTH KNOWING ABOUT DINOSAURS
FROM AARDONYX TO ZUNICERATOPS
Keiron Pim
With field notes by Jack Horner
Illustrated by Fabio Pastori
DINOSAURS – THE GRAND TOUR: Everything Worth Knowing About Dinosaurs
from Aardonyx to Zuniceratops
Copyright © Keiron Pim, 2013
Field Notes, Walking with Dinosaurs, and Amazing North American Dinosaurs
© The Experiment, 2014
Illustrations © Fabio Pastori, 2013
First published in Great Britain as The Bumper Book of Dinosaurs by Square
Peg/Random House, 2013
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Pim, Keiron., author
Dinosaurs--the grand tour : everything worth knowing about dinosaurs from
Aardonyx to Zuniceratops / by Keiron Pim.
pages cm
First published in Great Britain as The Bumper book of dinosaurs by Square
Peg, 2013.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-61519-212-0 (hardcover) -- ISBN 978-1-61519-213-7 (ebook)
ISBN 978-1-61519-212-0 (hardcover) -- ISBN 978-1-61519-213-7 (ebook)
1. Dinosaurs. 2. Dinosaurs--Pictorial works. I. Title.
QE861.4.P56 2014 567.9--dc23
2014018581
ISBN 978-1-61519-212-0
Ebook ISBN 978-1-61519-213-7
Distributed by Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
Cover design by Orlando Adiao
Author photos of Keiron Pim and Jack Horner © Keiron Tovell and the Museum
of the Rockies / Kelly Gorham, respectively
Photo in Field Notes courtesy the Museum of the Rockies
Designed and produced by The Curved House
Art Direction: Kristen Harrison
Design: Rowan Powell
Artworking: Sophie Devine
Layout and typesetting in DINPro: Jonathan Baker
Additional typesetting by Neuwirth & Associates, Ltd.
Manufactured in China
First printing August 2014
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For Isla, Lottie and Rosa
Table of Contents
Introduction
Note on Geological Eras
Key
Chapter One: The Triassic
Herrerasaurus Ischigualastensis
Sanjuansaurus Gordilloi
Chromogisaurus Novasi
Panphagia Protos
Eoraptor Lunensis
Eodromaeus Murphi
Staurikosaurus Pricei
Chindesaurus Bryansmalli
Liliensternus Liliensterni
Blikanasaurus Cromptoni
Pisanosaurus Merti
Plateosaurus Engelhardti
Coelophysis Bauri
Daemonosaurus Chauliodus
Riojasaurus Incertus
Lessemsaurus Sauropoides
Efraasia Diagnosticus
Pantydraco Caducus
Thecodontosaurus Antiquus
Other Amazing Animals of the Triassic . . .
Leptosuchus Crosbiensis
Shastasaurus Sikkanniensis
Eudimorphodon Ranzii
Exaeretodon Argentinus
Oligokyphus Triserialis
Quiz on the Triassic
Chapter Two: The Jurassic
Aardonyx Celestae
Yunnanosaurus Huangi
Yizhousaurus Sunae
Scutellosaurus Lawleri
Dilophosaurus Wetherilli
Ammosaurus Major
Megapnosaurus Rhodesiensis
Massospondylus Carinatus
Seitaad Ruessi
Cryolophosaurus Ellioti
Kotasaurus Yamanpalliensis
Megalosaurus Bucklandii
Wastebasket Genus
Magnosaurus Nethercombensis
Ozraptor Subotaii
Eoabelisaurus Mefi
Shunosaurus Lii
Spinophorosaurus Nigerensis
Victorians
Jobaria Tiguidensis
Guanlong Wucaii
Proceratosaurus Bradleyi
Tianchisaurus Nedegoapeferima
Datousaurus Bashanensis
Dubreuillosaurus Valesdunensis
Poekilopleuron Bucklandii
Agilisaurus Louderbacki
Cetiosauriscus Stewarti
Haplocheirus Sollers
Condorraptor Currumili
The Bone Wars
Xiaotingia Zhengi
Birds of a Feather?
Archaeopteryx Lithographica
Dinosaur Bird Connections
Camarasaurus Supremus
Allosaurus Fragilis
Mamenchisaurus Hochuanensis
Metriacanthosaurus Parkeri
Tuojiangosaurus Multispinus
Field Notes from a Palaeontologist
Aviatyrannis Jurassica
Camptosaurus Dispar
Ornitholestes Hermanni
Janenschia Robusta
Europasaurus Holgeri
Drinker Nisti
Othnielosaurus Consors
Torvosaurus Tanneri
Marshosaurus Bicentesimus
Epidexipteryx Hui
Chialingosaurus Kuani
Supersaurus Vivianae
Stegosaurus Armatus
Compsognathus Longipes
Apatosaurus Excelsus
Giraffatitan Brancai
Brachiosaurus Altithorax
Ceratosaurus Nasicornis
Juravenator Starki
Eggs
Veterupristisaurus Milneri
Sciurumimus Albersdoerferi
Mymoorapelta Maysi
Diplodocus Longus
Breaking the Sound Barrier
Brachytrachelopan Mesai
Gargoyleosaurus Parkpinorum
Saurophaganax Maximus
Fruitadens Haagarorum
Baby Sauropods
Turiasaurus Riodevensis
Miragaia Longicollum
Other Amazing Animals of the Jurassic . . .
Pliosaurus Funkei
Ichthyosaurus Communis
Rhamphorhynchus Muensteri
Dimorphodon Macronyx
Pterodactylus Antiquus
Walking with Dinosaurs...
Footprints in the Sand
Quiz on the Jurassic
Chapter Three: The Cretaceous
Becklespinax Altispinax
The Wealden Group
Aragosaurus Ischiaticus
Mei Long
Eotyrannus Lengi
Gastonia Burgei
Sinornithosaurus Millenii
Neovenator Salerii
Hypsilophodon Foxii
Amargasaurus Cazaui
Yutyrannus Huali
Utahraptor Ostrommaysorum
Iguanodon Bernissartensis
Tianyulong Confuciusi
Psittacosaurus Mongoliensis
Amazing North American Dinosaurs
Baryonyx Walkeri
Concavenator Corcovatus
Agustinia Ligabuei
Minmi Paravertebra
Tyrannotitan Chubutensis
Protarchaeopteryx Robusta