Dinosaurs of the Jurassic World E-Book

Paula Hammond

• Herausgeber: Amber Books Ltd
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Seitenzahl: 20

Beschreibung

Dinosaurs of the Jurassic World explores the lives of 28 dinosaurs and prehistoric animals, including such famous examples as Tyrannosaurus and Velociraptor, but also lesser known beasts like the giant eel Dunkleosteus and Hesperornis, a huge aquatic bird from 78 million years ago.
Including flying dinosaurs and swimming dinosaurs, two-legged and four-legged dinosaurs, plant-eating and meat-eating dinosaurs, armoured, spiked and horned dinosaurs, Dinosaurs of the Jurassic World and beyond is a feast of exciting prehistoric beasts.
The book is illustrated throughout with outstanding full-colour annotated artworks for each animal. Alongside easy-to-follow descriptions of each animal’s habitat, characteristics and diet, there are factfile boxes, locator maps and size comparison guides.
Spanning many millions of years and showing us both the ancestors and successors of the dinosaurs, Dinosaurs of the Jurassic World contains many animals we probably never knew existed. With expert artworks and easy-to-follow text, the book will educate and entertain children about the fascinating world of early life on Earth.

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PAULA HAMMOND

This digital edition first published in 2015

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ISBN: 978-1-78274-309-5

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Contents

Introduction 6

Before the Dinosaurs

Dunkleosteus 8

Dimetrodon 10

The Triassic Period

(around 252-201 million years ago)

Cynognathus 12

Gracilisuchus 14

The Jurassic Period

(around 201-145 million years ago)

Scelidosaurus 16

Megalosaurus 18

Ophthalmosaurus 20

Eustreptospondylus 22

Allosaurus 24

Kentrosaurus 26

Stegosaurus 28

Apatosaurus 30

Archaeopteryx 32

The Early Cretaceous Period

(around 145-100 million years ago)

Baryonyx 34

Iguanodon 36

Utahraptor 38

The Late Cretaceous Period

(around 100-66 million years ago)

Giganotosaurus 40

Pteranodon 42

Hesperornis 44

Edmontonia 46

Styracosaurus 48

Velociraptor 50

Tyrannosaurus 52

Triceratops 54

After the Dinosaurs

Andrewsarchus 56

Megalodon 58

Smilodon 60

Woolly Mammoth 62

Index 64

Introduction

Once upon a time… Isn’t that how the best stories always start?

Well, once upon a time—around 3.8 billion    years ago—life on planet Earth began. It    started on a small scale, with bacteria and    single-celled microorganisms. Around 550       million years ago, fungi, jellies, sponges,           and corals began to appear. Then,               485 million years ago, animals with               backbones and jaws started to develop.

  Now the story starts to really get going. In another 122 million years, the Earth would begin to look familiar. Soon fish would be jumping,  insects would be buzzing, and odd-looking    animals would be prowling across the landscape.

However, if the story of life on Earth was a book, then it would be a really big one! So big that it would be divided into chapters with names like Triassic and Jurassic Period. In each of these chapters—which are really periods of time—you would meet new, exciting characters. The story would