The Dinosaur Data Book

Surveys what is known about the characteristics and behavior of dinosaurs, and offers brief profiles of the scientists who have studied dinosaurs

This illustrated encyclopaedia of prehistoric reptiles and dinosaurs features over 1000 alphabetical entries. Topics discussed include the origins, evolution and extinction of dinosaur species, relationships between dinosaur groups, and the excavation and reconstruction of dinosaur remains. There is a biography of dinosaur discoverers, expeditions and model-makers, an alphabetical listing of films, novels and stories featuring dinosaurs, and a complete portrait of the characteristics of dinosaurs: their size and mass, bones, muscles, brain, skin, teeth, speed, and daily habits.

JURASSIC PARK: THE LOST WORLD, toy figures, and a major exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York are a few examples of dinosaur popularity. DINOSAUR DATA BOOK is an illustrated book of facts, newly updated for 1998 to include recent fossil discoveries in China, plus additional material on dinosaurs in popular media.

This illustrated encyclopaedia of prehistoric reptiles and dinosaurs features over 1000 alphabetical entries. Topics discussed include the origins, evolution and extinction of dinosaur species, relationships between dinosaur groups, and the excavation and reconstruction of dinosaur remains. There is a biography of dinosaur discoverers, expeditions and model-makers, an alphabetical listing of films, novels and stories featuring dinosaurs, and a complete portrait of the characteristics of dinosaurs: their size and mass, bones, muscles, brain, skin, teeth, speed, and daily habits.

Find the facts and figures about 30 amazing animals that roamed the ancient earth. Discover how they hunted, what they ate, and the strategies they counted on to survive!

Book presents dinosaurs as part of God's creation and uses them to introduce Biblical concepts.

This book is not the typical "Questions and Answers on Dinosaurs" book. It is not a book for children enabling them to find out the largest recorded dinosaur, to discover what dinosaurs ate or even how they managed to get up after nap time. An informative book on the biology and anatomy of the "mighty reptiles" - it is not. The series of questions in this treatise of answers has arisen from meetings conducted on dinosaurs. The questions have come from all kinds of people in various and sundry walks of life. Some of the questions were common and not much is to be learned from answers to such generalities However, some of the questions are not only posited by the curious but come from hearts filled with consternation while contemplating the subject of Theodicy. Did the Creator contribute heavily to the world's landscape of tooth and claw? Is the canvass of God's creation not only etched in blood but filled with the stench and smell emanating from the so-called Mesozoic Era of the past?