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Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date:
©2024
Language:
English
Description:
"Ever since mysterious bones were found in 1822, scientists and artists have tried to figure out what the creature they came from looked like. But it seems that every time they’ve made up their minds, someone makes a new discovery, and they have to start all over. That’s only fair, though—after all, it’s how knowledge advances!"--
2. Dinosaurs
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Lexile measure:
670L
Language:
English
Description:
This book provides answers to questions like Which dinosaur could eat leaves on trees as high as a four-story building? What animals are the only known dinosaurs living today? Explore this exciting book for answers to questions you'll be glad we asked plus "Did You Know?" fun facts, informative maps, and colorful, action-packed illustrations
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Publisher:
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
Description:
In 1878, the first complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered in a coal mine in Bernissart, Belgium. Iguanodon, first described by Gideon Mantell on the basis of fragments discovered in England in 1824, was initially reconstructed as an iguana-like reptile or a heavily built, horned quadruped. However, the Bernissart skeleton changed all that. The animal was displayed in an upright posture similar to a kangaroo, and later with its tail off the ground...
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Publisher:
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date:
2006
Language:
English
Description:
Horns and Beaks completes Ken Carpenter's series on the major dinosaur types. As with his volumes on armored, carnivorous, and sauropodomorph dinosaurs, this book collects original and new information, reflecting the latest discoveries and research on these two groups of animals. The Ornithopods include Iguanodon, one of the first dinosaurs ever discovered and analyzed, and perhaps the most common and best-documented group, the hadrosaurs or "duckbilled...
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Publisher:
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date:
[2019]
Language:
English
Description:
It took centuries of scientific effort--and a lot of luck--to discover and establish the diversity of dinosaur species we now know. How did we learn that Triceratops had three horns? Why don't many paleontologists consider Brontosaurus a valid species? What convinced scientists that modern birds are relatives of ancient Velociraptor? In this book, Donald R. Prothero tells the fascinating stories behind the most important fossil finds and the intrepid...