Green, Tamara

Recounts how different professional and amateur fossil hunters discovered the remains of many different species of dinosaurs.

Takes the reader back 210 million years to the age when dinosaurs first evolved and describes the world of that time.

Descriptions of various dinosaurs and their fossil remains, arranged according to the continents on which they were discovered.

Provides information about how the Mussaurus, a chunky herbivore living in South America during the Triassic period, may have looked and behaved.

Provides a look at some of the prehistoric creatures that lived in the Jurassic period, including Apatosaurus, Diplodocus, Segisaurus, Compsognathus, Shonosaurus, and Pterodactylus.

Reconstructs dinosaur life during the Cretaceous period, presenting the predominant species until their ultimate demise.

Provides information about how the carnotaurus, a fierce crested predator living in Argentina during the Cretaceous period, may have looked and behaved.

Provides information about how the ornitholestes, a small, quick, carnivore that lived in North America in the Jurassic period, may have looked and behaved.

Describes the physical characteristics and habitat of the quagga, a zebra-like animal that lived in southern Africa and became extinct by the end of the nineteenth century.

Describes what is known of the history and habits of the large extinct bird of New Zealand.