
Dawn of the Dinosaur Age
The Late Triassic and Early Jurassic Periods
Thom Holmes(Author)
Facts On File Inc (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 30. November 2008
Book
Hardback
159 pages
978-0-8160-5960-7 (ISBN)
Description
Dawn of the Dinosaur Age presents the first act in the drama that would become the Mesozoic Era, the Age of Reptiles. The rise of the first dinosaurs is the story of opportunity and evolutionary innovation. The first dinosaurs, after living in the shadows of larger, more dominant reptilian kin, took advantage of major mass extinctions at the end of the Triassic Period to take over niches once occupied by their predecessors. In the course of doing so, dinosaurs quickly radiated to widespread geographic ranges and began an evolutionary course that led to the development of two major groups of dinosaurs, the Saurischia and Ornithischia.The Late Triassic and Early Jurassic Periods were a time of experimentation in dinosaur evolution as the earliest herbivorous and predaceous dinosaurs adapted increasingly specialized body forms and lifestyles. ""Dawn of the Dinosaur Age"" explores the roots of the dinosaur family tree and the lifestyle and radiation of the first carnivorous and herbivorous dinosaurs.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Young adult
Illustrations
full-colour photographs & illustrations, sidebars, references, further reading, web sites, glossary, index
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 187 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
569 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8160-5960-7 (9780816059607)
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Person
Thom Holmes is a writer specializing in natural history subjects and dinosaurs. As a writer and researcher, he works with leading paleontologists and also takes part in field expeditions to dig dinosaurs. He has engaged in research on the early history of dinosaur science in America, particularly on the exploits of Edward Drinker Cope of Philadelphia and Othniel Charles Marsh of New Haven. He was the publications director of The Dinosaur Society for five years and the editor of its newsletter, Dino Times, the world's only monthly publication devoted to news about dinosaur discoveries.