Discover how we know about dinosaurs and explore fossils. Learn about prehistoric animals, study dinosaur classifications and learn about the different types of dinosaurs. Examine a geological time chart and learn when dinosaurs lived.

Begin with Precambrian and move through Permian . . . learn about trilobites, Ichthyostega, Dunkleosteus, and Moschops.

Explore the Triassic Period . . . will Plateosaurus be your favorite dinosaur here? Or will you choose Saltopus? Discover the flying reptiles that lived in the Triassic through Cretaceous; perhaps you will choose Quetzalcoatlus as your favorite
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Explore the Jurassic Period; meet Jurassic plant-eaters like Dilophosaurus; learn about the Jurassic Stegosaurus; meet the Jurassic meat-eaters. Will Megalosaurus be your favorite?

Explore non-flying feathered dinosaurs in Jurassic through Cretaceous and meet Caudipteryx.

Explore the Cretaceous Period and meet the dinosaurs who lived during that time. Will Iguanodon be your favorite or will you choose Torosaurus or Spinosaurus? Explore the Cenozoic Era and discover wooly mammoths and smilodons. Crocodiles can trace their ancestry to Euparkeria, an early dinosaur.

Which will be your favorite dinosaur?

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Part of the Eyes on Nature series, "Dinosaurs" invites young readers to explore the fascinating world of the dinosaurs. Most entries are a double-page combination of facts and full-color illustrations; a few entries spill over onto a few more pages.

After young readers explore each of the time periods, they can see what came next, learn about strangers passing through and discover what plants and animals from the Mesozoic Era are still around today.

Highly recommended, especially for young readers who are dinosaur aficionados. ( )