Dinosaurs & other prehistoric life : an encyclopedia of fantastic facts / written by William Potter, Alicia Williamson, and Richard Mead ; expert consultant, Dr. Dean Lomax.
"Are you mad about measurements, nutty about numbers, or just fond of figures? Then dive into this amazing book and discover 60-ton sauropods, giant squid 42 feet long, stegosaurs that lived 168 million years ago, and much more!"-- Back cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780744098785
- ISBN: 0744098785
- Physical Description: 192 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : DK, 2024.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Dinosaurs by numbers ; Behind the stats ; Timeline of life -- Before the dinosaurs. First animals ; Cambrian explosion ; Fascinating trilobites ; Spiny echinoderms ; Super finds: fuxianhuia ; Awesome ammonoids ; Curious chelicerates ; Insects and myriapods ; Fantastic jawless fish ; Astonishing armored fish ; Sensational sharks ; Top 5: oldest animals ; Amazing amphibians ; Impressive protomammals ; Great dying -- Triassic. Triassic world ; Rauisuchian reptiles ; Nightmarish nothosaurs ; Early dinosaurs ; Super finds: eoraptor ; Hungry herrerasaurids ; Epic prosauropods ; Peculiar placodonts ; Top 5: biggest swimmers ; Speedy coelophysis ; First mammals -- Jurassic. Jurassic world ; Early jurassic neotheropods ; Scary ceratosaurs ; Marvelous mamenchisaurids ; Top 5: longest necks ; Staggering stegosaurs ; Clomping camarasaurids ; Incredible ichthyosaurs ; Spectacular pleiosaurs ; Super finds: Mary Anning's sea monsters ; Terrific pterosaurs ; Sky-high diplodocids ; Aggressive allosaurs ; Iconic archaeopteryx ; Brilliant brachiosaurs ; Top 5: smallest dinosaurs ; Super finds: liaoning feathers ; Tiny compsognathids -- Cretaceous. Cretaceous world ; Intriguing iguanodonts ; Savage spinosaurids ; Super finds: La Rioja footprints ; Duck billed hadrosaurs ; Beaked psittacosaurs ; Dramatic dromaeosaurs ; Chomping crocodilians ; Top 5: biggest crocs ; Armored anklyosaurs ; Carnivorous carcharodontosaurs ; Crested lambeosaurs ; Remarkable oviraptorosaurs ; Horned ceratopsians ; Super finds: big John ; Tremendous titanosaurs ; Ostrichlike ornithomimids ; Thick-skulled pachycephalosaurs ; Top 5: widest wingspands ; Terrifying tyrannosaurs ; Clawsome therizinosaurs ; Menacing mosasaurs ; Catastrophic K-Pg extinction -- After the dinosaurs. Surprising marsupials ; Hoofed mammals ; Cool caniforms ; Gnawing rodents ; killer cats ; Robust rhinoceroses ; Super finds: Ashfall Fossil Beds ; Wondrous whales ; Fearsome flightless birds ; Heavy-shelled glyptodonts ; Spry primates ; Top 5: giant sloths ; Magnificent mammoths ; Modern-day dinosaurs. |
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Available copies
- 3 of 8 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 2 copies available at Harnett County Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunn Public Library | J 567.9 Pot (Text) | 33436001809505 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Harnett County Main Library | J 567.9 Pot (Text) | 33630005412270 | Juvenile Nonfiction | In process | - |
