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Bigger and Better, Updated and ExpandedWe live in a golden age of paleontological discoveryon average, we find one new dinosaur species per week. The most fascinating among them take their place in this updated edition of DinosaursThe Grand Tour; from Aardonyx, a lumbering beast that formed a link between two- and four-legged dinosaurs, to Zuniceratops, who boasted a deadly pair of horns. Here, youll find everything worth knowing about every dinosaur worth knowingmore than 300 in all, including: Amphibious Halszkaraptor looks like no other dinosaur weve foundwith a head and body the size of a ducks, sharp claws . . . and a swanlike neck. Longer than a blue whale and three times taller than a giraffe, Patagotitan is a newly discovered contender for biggest dinosaur ever. The speedy little feathered predator Stenonychosaurus was an anatomical marvel, with retractable claws, asymmetrical ears for advanced hearing, incredible night vision, and a huge brain. Oviraptorwhose name means egg thief doesnt deserve its bad rap. This specimen from 1923 is now proven to have been sitting by its own eggsnot stealing anothers. Sinornithosaurus prove that dinosaurs shed their skin the same way that humans do, rather than sloughing it off all at once like a snake.At-a-glance sidebars put each dinosaurs diet, size, and location at your fingertips. Stories of harrowing expeditions conjure the thrills of historys most famous dinosaur hunters. Highlights from recent research reveal whats new in paleontology today, including scientists evolving idea of what dinosaurs actually looked like. (Hint: They were more colorfuland feathery!than we ever thought before.) And illustrations on virtually every page bring these prehistoric creatures to life in all their glory.

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LIST OF DINOSAURS

QUIZ ON THE TRIASSIC The PermianTriassic extinction event aka the Great - photo 1

QUIZ ON THE TRIASSIC
  1. The PermianTriassic extinction event, aka the Great Dying, that paved the way for the dinosaurs emergence occurred how many million years ago?
  2. Why was Lessemsaurus back unusual compared with most Triassic dinosaurs?
  3. Which is the earliest dinosaur known to have spent all its time on all fours?
  4. In 2017 palaeontologist Matthew Baron and his colleagues radically proposed dividing dinosaurs into two new groups: theropods and ornithischians in one, sauropods in the other. What are the names of these two groups?
  5. Which carnivore discovered in 2011 has a name meaning buck-toothed?
  6. Pantydraco takes its name from a village in which country?
  7. What is the proper name of the Triassic herbivore known as the Bristol dinosaur?
  8. Leptosuchus looked like a giant crocodile but bore no relation to modern crocodilians. To which group of reptiles did it belong?
  9. What term describes the process by which unrelated animals separately develop a similar appearance?
  10. Which non-flying animal from 270Ma in the Permian age is considered a possible ancestor of the pterosaurs?

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QUIZ ON THE JURASSIC
  1. The great landmass known as Pangaea split into two supercontinents in the Early Jurassic, one to the north and the other to the south. What were their names?
  2. Why are fossils of sauropods skulls so seldom found?
  3. In 1824 William Buckland made the first scientific description of a dinosaur. What name did he give it?
  4. When Richard Owen coined the word dinosaur in 1842, which three genera did he describe?
  5. Australovenator, Austrosaurus and Ozraptor were all discovered in which country?
  6. Research from 2018 suggests that when Archaeopteryx flew, its wings moved like a humans arms while doing what swimming stroke?
  7. The Bone Wars in late 19th-century America were a feud between which two rival palaeontologists?
  8. Why was Gasosaurus so-called after it was discovered in China?
  9. Palaeontologist John Ostroms study of which dinosaur caused him to propose an evolutionary link between theropods and modern birds?
  10. The sauropod once termed Brachiosaurus brancai is now known by which name?
  11. Why did Brontosaurus become known as Apatosaurus?
  12. How old was Mary Anning when she found her first complete ichthyosaur fossil?
  13. Fossils left when an animal was alive rather than dead e.g. footprints, eggs and coprolites are known by what term?
  14. Who gave the famous Diplodocus skeleton to the Natural History Museum in London, and in which year?
  15. How is the sea creature dubbed Predator X now more properly known?

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Symbols

Each dinosaur in this book is accompanied by a list of symbols to help you quickly understand its characteristics.

Length

The dinosaurs estimated length from head to tail.

Timeline The period when the dinosaur lived eg Jurassic the epoch within - photo 2

Timeline

The period when the dinosaur lived, e.g. Jurassic, the epoch within that period, e.g Late Jurassic, and the age within that epoch, e.g. Kimmeridgian. Each age itself represents several million years, and the corresponding rock layer is called a stage. Most are named after places where rocks from those times were found, e.g. the village of Kimmeridge in Dorset, or Pliensbach in Germany.

Clock

How many million years ago (Ma) the dinosaur lived. Where very long timespans are given e.g. 215200Ma this refers to the approximate age of the rocks containing the fossils, rather than how long the species existed.

Diet

Whether the dinosaur was carnivorous (eating meat), herbivorous (eating plants), omnivorous (eating meat and plants), insectivorous (eating insects) or piscivorous (eating fish).

Weight

The dinosaurs estimated weight in metric and imperial measurements. A metric tonne is 1000kg, so a 50000kg sauropod was 50 tonnes (55 US tons).

Geography

Where the dinosaurs fossils were found in modern-day countries. See to learn more about how our continents have shifted and changed over time.

Dinosaurs - The Grand Tour Second Edition Everything Worth Knowing About Dinosaurs from Aardonyx to Zuniceratops - photo 3QUIZ ON THE CRETACEO - photo 4QUIZ ON THE CRETACEOUS What is the meaning of the word Cretaceous Which two - photo 5QUIZ ON THE CRETACEOUS What is the meaning of the word Cretaceous Which two - photo 6QUIZ ON THE CRETACEOUS What is the meaning of the word Cretaceous Which two - photo 7
QUIZ ON THE CRETACEOUS
  1. What is the meaning of the word Cretaceous?
  2. Which two dinosaurs have the shortest names?
  3. Which is the biggest feathered dinosaur known, and how long was it?
  4. What are the so-called raptors more properly called?
  5. Who named Iguanodon after the discovery of a few fossilised teeth in a Sussex forest?
  6. Which sauropod had a row of tall, forked spines along its back?
  7. Baryonyxs discovery in Britain shed light on the true appearance of which huge carnivorous dinosaur?
  8. The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, in Utah, is a series of cliffs and plateaus leading to which famous landmark?
  9. How many melanosomes (pigment cells) could fit across a human hair?
  10. Why was Irritator given its name?
  11. Why was the therizinosaurs diet unusual among theropods?
  12. How are the bone-headed dinosaurs more properly known?
  13. Which dinosaurs fossilised skulls may have prompted people to imagine the mythological creature known as the griffin?
  14. Which is the only one-fingered dinosaur so far discovered?
  15. Which dinosaur is named after a creature from the Lewis Carroll poem Jabberwocky?
  16. During the Cretaceous an inland sea split North America in two. What is it known as?
  17. And what are the western and eastern landmasses either side of it called?
  18. Which is the first dinosaur to have gone into space?
  19. How fast could Dromiceiomimus run?
  20. Which dinosaur from Madagascar is the only one definitely known to have been a cannibal?
  21. Which sauropod had a neck twice the length of its body?
  22. What does palaeontologist Jack Horner think connects Dracorex, Stygimoloch and Pachycephalosaurus?
  23. The longest dinosaur name is possessed by one of the smallest-sized genera which is it?
  24. What age could Tyrannosaurus live until and what percentage actually reached this age?
  25. The mammal Repenomamus is known to have eaten which genus of dinosaur?

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