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Everything you need to know about dinosaurs, pterosaurs, marine reptiles, and mammals in this stunning prehistoric encyclopedia for kids.

With more than 1,000 images and fascinating facts, The Dinosaur Book brings young readers face-to-face with some of the most incredible creatures ever to exist. Using a range of full-colour images, including spectacular fossilised bones and realistic digital reconstructions, all forms of prehistoric life are covered.

The Dinosaur Book includes important, recent prehistoric finds such as the amazing discovery of a 110 million-year-old dinosaur named Nodosaur as well as some of the remarkable feathered dinosaurs recently unearthed in China!

Young readers can find out too, about the latest scientific discoveries that have changed the way we see these fascinating prehistoric animals - from new feathered dinosaurs to how and where they lived.

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1: Foreword
2: Timeline of life
3: Changing planet
4: Types of fossil
5: Fossil finds
6: Origin of life
7: Game-changers
8: Evolution and extinction
9: The vertebrates
10: What is a dinosaur?
11: Inside a dinosaur
12: Before the dinosaurs 1: The first animals
2: Built to survive
3: Set in stone
4: Trilobites
5: The age of fish
6: Fish armour
7: Early life on land
8: Towering trees
9: Arthropod Empire
10: Airborne giant
11: Early amphibians
12: Rise of the reptiles
13: Reptiles branch out
14: Hungry hunter

13: The age of dinosaurs 1: The first dinosaurs
2: Prosauropods
3: Sauropods
4: Mobile necks
5: Titanosaurs
6: Footprints and trackways
7: Stegosaurus
8: About tails
9: Deadly spikes
10: Ankylosaurs
11: Dinosaur defence
12: Iguanodontians
13: Plant-eaters
14: Hadrosaurs
15: Cool crests

16: Dinosaur eggs 17: Dinosaur Creche
18: Pachycephalosaurs
19: Ceratopsians
20: Head to head
21: Herds and packs
22: Early theropods
23: Allosauroids
24: Cutting edge
25: Tyrannosaurs
26: Ultimate hunter
27: Ornithomimosaurs
28: Oviraptorosaurs
29: Arms and hands
30: Protective wings
31: Therizinosaurs
32: Sharp Claws
33: Dromaeosaurs
34: Toothed eagle

14: Dinosaurs take flight 1: Skin, scales, and feathers
2: Feathered hunters
3: First up
4: Taking off
5: Early birds
6: Giant birds
7: High speed killer

15: Pterosaurs 1: Early pterosaurs
2: Later pterosaurs
3: Prowling predator
4: Colour crests

16: The marine world 1: Life in Mesozoic seas
2: Early marine reptiles
3: Flippers and tails
4: Giant marine reptiles
5: Ambush hunter

17: The rise of mammals 1: A new world
2: Trapped in amber
3: The first mammals
4: Giant sloths and armadillos
5: Body cover
6: Mega-marsupials
7: Giant herbivores
8: Powerful predators
9: Mammal teeth
10: Sabre charge
11: Ice-age giants
12: Primates
13: Early humans
14: Window on the past

18: Glossary
19: Index
20: Acknowledgements

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