Dinosaurs that are swift, stunning, scary and stupendous, presented in a lavish format with over seventy pages of full color illustrations and dozens in black and white. Using the latest paleontological research, The Dinosaurs presents a scientifically accurate and fantastic new look at the way dinosaurs lived: how they moved, ate, dueled, drank and even made love. From ten ton brontosaurs to thirty foot hadrosaurs, here is a story more fantastic that fantasy itself.

    Presents, in encyclopedia format, monsters and supernatural beings from Abominable Snowman to Zombi.

    

    What was the world like when the dinosaurs were still around? Did any dinosaurs have feathers? Were all the dinosaurs carnivors? What can we find out from dinosaur footprints? Which dinosaur would be easiest to tame? Who were the bullies of the dinosaur world? Which dinosaur had the meanest temper? What happened to the dinosaurs?

    When they died, many left fossil records, and each bone, tooth, egg, or track helps us to know what they really looked like, from the gigantic Brachiosaurus--40 feet tall and 80 feet long--to little Nanosaurus, about the size of a chicken.Exciting discoveries are being made today on the North American continent. This is the first book about the more than 80 kinds of dinosaurs that lived here. Described in accurate detail and shown in lifelike drawings, each animal is unique and memorable.Dinosaur history is told against a background of vast geological changes. A fascinating final chapter tells the latest theories about what caused the dinosaurs to become extinct.For future fossil hunters, this book is a must. For everyone, reading it will be an adventure.