Publisher's Synopsis
Sensational discoveries over the last ten years of the 20th century shed new light on the most intimate details of dinosaurs' lives, from their appearance and diet to their behaviour, their family structures - even their sex lives. Modern finds encompass far more than the discovery of bones, and have uncovered eggs, footprints, skin impressions, even feathers. Biochemistry tells us what dinosaurs ate; fossil studies teach us how they grew. Engineering design techniques are used to work out how they fed, demonstrating that Tyrannosaurus Rex was a bone-crushing butcher while Allosaurus ripped and slashed flesh from its fleeing prey. This field guide shows us more about these fascinating animals.;These late 20th-century dinosaur findings present a more vivid and complete picture of this extraordinarily successful group of animals than would have been thought possible only a few years before. Finds in South America, Madagascar, Mongolia, China and Australia have revealed the existence of amazing and exotic dinosaurs. Some of the most remarkable finds in these territories include feathered dinosaurs from China, as well as a sauropod dinosaur nesting ground in Patagonia that stretches for miles in every direction. Our knowledge of dinosaurs is richer than ever before, with no sign of the excitement lessening or the flood of new finds drying up. Luis V. Rey and Henry Gee have integrated all of this information in the making of this book.
