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Gr 5-Up With new discoveries, new theories, new everything in a field once seemingly as set in stone as the fossils themselves, dinosaurian paleontology finds itself in a most unusual state of fluidity. So, when an up-to-date compendium arises from all this new research, it can be a welcome presence. The detailed text can be demanding, but is sometimes even chatty in tone. It covers everything from dinosaur eggs to taxonomy and cladistics to the history of paleontology, glued together with chapters on the dinosaurs themselves. The information is often partnered with sidebars or commenta...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

If there is anything paleontology enthusiasts wish to know, they can find it in this rich and informative treatment of everything related to dinosaurs: geology and geologic history, fossil hunting and dating, evolution, prehistoric ecology, and, of course, the dinosaurs themselves—forty-two chapters of exceptionally detailed information about the major classifications. The author is a paleontologist, and it shows in the first-rat...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

If there's anything paleontology enthusiasts wish to know, they can find it in this book's forty-two chapters of exceptionally detai...Log In or Sign Up to Read More