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The world of dinosaurs = the definitive illustrated collection / Mark A. Norell.

By: Contributor(s): Series: The world of dinosaursPublisher: London : Andre Deutsch, 2019Copyright date: �2019Description: 239 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780233005041
  • 9780233005041
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 567.9 23 N;234
Other classification:
  • Q915.864
Contents:
What are dinosaurs? -- A history of dinosaur discovery -- Geological timescale -- Discovering dinosaurs -- Dinosaur biology -- Dinosaur classification -- Saurischia -- Theropoda -- Sauropodomorpha -- Ornithischia -- Thyreophora -- Neornithischia -- Marginocephalia -- Ornithopoda -- Birds and dinosaurs -- Extinction.
Summary: Paleontologist Dr Mark Norell takes a detailed look at everything we know about these wondrous creatures, drawing on the very latest research in the field. Norell examines every facet of the dinosaur mystery, from the scattering of dinosaur fossils after the breakup of Pangea to the different categorizations of these monstrous reptiles. Even subjects you may think you know about - such as the species' extinction - are looked at in a new light. Illustrated with exceptional scientific recreations of key species, as well as documentary photographs, sketches and notes from dino discoveries.
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كتاب كتاب العلوم - حياة 567.9 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available مكتبة قسم علوم الحياة 4785

"American Museum of Natural History" -- Cover.

Includes index.

What are dinosaurs? -- A history of dinosaur discovery -- Geological timescale -- Discovering dinosaurs -- Dinosaur biology -- Dinosaur classification -- Saurischia -- Theropoda -- Sauropodomorpha -- Ornithischia -- Thyreophora -- Neornithischia -- Marginocephalia -- Ornithopoda -- Birds and dinosaurs -- Extinction.

Paleontologist Dr Mark Norell takes a detailed look at everything we know about these wondrous creatures, drawing on the very latest research in the field. Norell examines every facet of the dinosaur mystery, from the scattering of dinosaur fossils after the breakup of Pangea to the different categorizations of these monstrous reptiles. Even subjects you may think you know about - such as the species' extinction - are looked at in a new light. Illustrated with exceptional scientific recreations of key species, as well as documentary photographs, sketches and notes from dino discoveries.