Dinosaurs - The Grand Tour, Second Edition: Everything Worth Knowing About Dinosaurs from Aardonyx to Zuniceratops (Second)

A Main Selection of Scientific American Book Club “Remarkably all-encompassing and superbly illustrated . . . a fascinating tome.” — Huffington Post A visual trove of more than 300 dinosaurs, with key anatomy, geology, history, and theory at a glance We live in a golden age of paleontological discovery—the perfect time to dig in to the spectacular world of dinosaurs. From Aardonyx , a lumbering beast that formed a link between two- and four-legged dinosaurs, to Zuniceratops , who boasted a deadly pair of horns, Dinosaurs—The Grand Tour details everything worth knowing about more than 300 dinosaurs. The important discoveries and gory details touch on topics from geology, anatomy, and evolution to astronomy and even Native American and Chinese myth. Fascinating facts abound: Giganotosaurus was longer, two tons heavier, and had bigger jaws than T. Rex . The poison-spitting Dilophosaurus from Jurassic Park wasn’t actually venomous at all.?? Because of its bizarre single-clawed hands, scientists now believe Mononykus was a prehistoric predecessor of the anteater! Illustrations on virtually every page, true to the latest findings, bring these prehistoric creatures to life in all their razor-sharp, long-necked, spiny, scaly glory. Cover Contents Introduction Key Chapter One: The Triassic HERRERASAURUS ISCHIGUALASTENSIS SANJUANSAURUS GORDILLOI CHROMOGISAURUS NOVASI PANPHAGIA PROTOS EORAPTOR LUNENSIS EODROMAEUS MURPHI STAURIKOSAURUS PRICEI CHINDESAURUS BRYANSMALLI LILIENSTERNUS LILIENSTERNI BLIKANASAURUS CROMPTONI PLATEOSAURUS ENGELHARDTI COELOPHYSIS BAURI DAEMONOSAURUS CHAULIODUS RIOJASAURUS INCERTUS LESSEMSAURUS SAUROPOIDES EFRAASIA DIAGNOSTICUS PANTYDRACO CADUCUS THECODONTOSAURUS ANTIQUUS MORE AMAZING ANIMALS OF THE TRIASSIC LEPTOSUCHUS CROSBIENSIS SHASTASAURUS SIKKANNIENSIS EUDIMORPHODON RANZII EXAERETODON ARGENTINUS OLIGOKYPHUS TRISERIALIS QUIZ ON THE TRIASSIC Chapter Two: The Jurassic AARDONYX CELESTAE YUNNANOSAURUS HUANGI YIZHOUSAURUS SUNAE SCUTELLOSAURUS LAWLERI DILOPHOSAURUS WETHERILLI ANCHISAURUS POLYZELUS MEGAPNOSAURUS RHODESIENSIS MASSOSPONDYLUS CARINATUS SEITAAD RUESSI CRYOLOPHOSAURUS ELLIOTI KOTASAURUS YAMANPALLIENSIS MEGALOSAURUS BUCKLANDII WASTEBASKET GENUS MAGNOSAURUS NETHERCOMBENSIS OZRAPTOR SUBOTAII EOABELISAURUS MEFI SHUNOSAURUS LII SPINOPHOROSAURUS NIGERENSIS VICTORIANS JOBARIA TIGUIDENSIS GUANLONG WUCAII PROCERATOSAURUS BRADLEYI TIANCHISAURUS NEDEGOAPEFERIMA DATOUSAURUS BASHANENSIS DUBREUILLOSAURUS VALESDUNENSIS POEKILOPLEURON BUCKLANDII AGILISAURUS LOUDERBACKI CETIOSAURISCUS STEWARTI HAPLOCHEIRUS SOLLERS CONDORRAPTOR CURRUMILI THE BONE WARS XIAOTINGIA ZHENGI BIRDS OF A FEATHER? ARCHAEOPTERYX LITHOGRAPHICA DINOSAUR BIRD CONNECTIONS CAMARASAURUS SUPREMUS ALLOSAURUS FRAGILIS MAMENCHISAURUS HOCHUANENSIS METRIACANTHOSAURUS PARKERI TUOJIANGOSAURUS MULTISPINUS FIELD NOTES FROM A PALAEONTOLOGIST AVIATYRANNIS JURASSICA CAMPTOSAURUS DISPAR ORNITHOLESTES HERMANNI JANENSCHIA ROBUSTA EUROPASAURUS HOLGERI DRINKER NISTI OTHNIELOSAURUS CONSORS TORVOSAURUS TANNERI MARSHOSAURUS BICENTESIMUS EPIDEXIPTERYX HUI CHIALINGOSAURUS KUANI SUPERSAURUS VIVIANAE STEGOSAURUS ARMATUS COMPSOGNATHUS LONGIPES APATOSAURUS AJAX BRONTOSAURUS EXCELSUS GIRAFFATITAN BRANCAI BRACHIOSAURUS ALTITHORAX CERATOSAURUS NASICORNIS JURAVENATOR STARKI EGGS VETERUPRISTISAURUS MILNERI SCIURUMIMUS ALBERSDOERFERI MYMOORAPELTA MAYSI DIPLODOCUS LONGUS BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER BRACHYTRACHELOPAN MESAI GARGOYLEOSAURUS PARKPINORUM SAUROPHAGANAX MAXIMUS FRUITADENS HAAGARORUM BABY SAUROPODS TURIASAURUS RIODEVENSIS MIRAGAIA LONGICOLLUM MORE AMAZING ANIMALS OF THE JURASSIC PLIOSAURUS FUNKEI ICHTHYOSAURUS COMMUNIS RHAMPHORHYNCHUS MUENSTERI DIMORPHODON MACRONYX PTERODACTYLUS ANTIQUUS WALKING WITH DINOSAURS... FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND QUIZ ON THE JURASSIC Chapter Three: The Cretaceous ALTISPINAX DUNKERI ARAGOSAURUS ISCHIATICUS MEI LONG EOTYRANNUS LENGI GASTONIA BURGEI SINORNITHOSAURUS MILLENII NEOVENATOR SALERII HYPSILOPHODON FOXII AMARGASAURUS CAZAUI YUTYRANNUS HUALI UTAHRAPTOR OSTROMMAYSORUM IGUANODON BERNISSARTENSIS TIANYULONG CONFUCIUSI PSITTACOSAURUS MONGOLIENSIS AMAZING NORTH AMERICAN DINOSAURS BARYONYX WALKERI CONCAVENATOR CORCOVATUS TYRANNOTITAN CHUBUTENSIS MINMI PARAVERTEBRA PROTARCHAEOPTERYX ROBUSTA SCIPIONYX SAMNITICUS CLAWS ACROCANTHOSAURUS ATOKENSIS ERKETU ELLISONI SAUROPOSEIDON PROTELES CAUDIPTERYX ZOUI RESEARCH INTO DINOSAURS’ COLOURS LEAELLYNASAURA AMICAGRAPHICA LURDUSAURUS ARENATUS SUCHOMIMUS TENERENSIS DEINONYCHUS ANTIRRHOPUS NIGERSAURUS TAQUETI MICRORAPTOR ZHAOIANUS BOREALOPELTA MARKMITCHELLI IRRITATOR CHALLENGERI SPINOSAURUS AEGYPTIACUS CARCHARODONTOSAURUS SAHARICUS EQUIJUBUS NORMANI KOREACERATOPS HWASEONGENSIS DIAMANTINASAURUS MATILDAE AUSTRALOVENATOR WINTONENSIS WINTONOTITAN WATTSI PATAGOTITAN MAYORUM MUTTABURRASAURUS LANGDONI SIATS MEEKERORUM RUGOPS PRIMUS ACHILLOBATOR GIGANTICUS ORYCTODROMEUS CUBICULARIS GRACILICERATOPS MONGOLIENSIS MAPUSAURUS ROSEAE ARGENTINOSAURUS HUINCULENSIS ZUNICERATOPS CHRISTOPHERI SKORPIOVENATOR BUSTINGORRYI GIGANOTOSAURUS CAROLINII LIVING FOSSILS FUTALOGNKOSAURUS DUKEI MEGARAPTOR NAMUNHUAIQUII NEUQUENRAPTOR ARGENTINUS UNENLAGIA COMAHUENSIS ANTARCTOSAURUS WICHMANNIANUS OVIRAPTOR PHILOCERATOPS DIABLOCERATOPS EATONI XENOCERATOPS FOREMOSTENSIS ZHUCHENGTYRANNUS MAGNUS TARCHIA GIGANTEA STEGOCERAS VALIDUM TYLOCEPHALE GILMOREI SHUVUUIA DESERTI STRUTHIOMIMUS ALTUS MYTHOLOGY GRYPOSAURUS NOTABILIS LINHENYKUS MONODACTYLUS DREADNOUGHTUS CHRANI PARASAUROLOPHUS WALKERI HOMALOCEPHALE CALATHOCERCOS GIGANTORAPTOR ERLIANENSIS CHASMOSAURUS BELLI CENTROSAURUS APERTUS THERIZINOSAURUS CHELONIFORMIS SEGNOSAURUS GALBINENSIS STENONYCHOSAURUS INEQUALIS BOROGOVIA GRACILICRUS UTAHCERATOPS GETTYI KOSMOCERATOPS RICHARDSONI MAIASAURA PEEBLESORUM ABELISAURUS COMAHUENSIS VELOCIRAPTOR MONGOLIENSIS OUR CHANGING CONTINENTS HALSZKARAPTOR ESCUILLIEI DROMICEIOMIMUS SAMUELI MONONYKUS OLECRANUS TERATOPHONEUS CURRIEI BISTAHIEVERSOR SEALEYI APPALACHIOSAURUS MONTGOMERIENSIS DASPLETOSAURUS TOROSUS SHANTUNGOSAURUS GIGANTEUS MANSOURASAURUS SHAHINAE QIANZHOUSAURUS SINENSIS NANUQSAURUS HOGLUNDI DEINOCHEIRUS MIRIFICUS MASIAKASAURUS KNOPFLERI MAJUNGASAURUS CRENATISSIMUS DRACOREX HOGWARTSIA STYGIMOLOCH SPINIFER PACHYCEPHALOSAURUS WYOMINGENSIS ALAMOSAURUS SANJUANENSIS ISISAURUS COLBERTI DINO-DUNG= GOLD DUST RAJASAURUS NARMADENSIS FRANZ, BARON NOPCSA DWARF DINOSAURS BALAUR BONDOC CARNOTAURUS SASTREI MICROPACHYCEPHALOSAURUS HONGTUYANENSIS ANKYLOSAURUS MAGNIVENTRIS TRICERATOPS HORRIDUS PACHYRHINOSAURUS PEROTORUM ALIORAMUS REMOTUS TSINTAOSAURUS SPINORHINUS GILMOREOSAURUS MONGOLIENSIS TYRANNOSAURUS REX TARBOSAURUS BATAAR MORE AMAZING ANIMALS OF THE CRETACEOUS SARCOSUCHUS IMPERATOR QUETZALCOATLUS NORTHROPI ANHANGUERA SANTANAE ELASMOSAURUS PLATYURUS REPENOMAMUS GIGANTICUS QUIZ ON THE CRETACEOUS Dinosaurs' Extinction Quiz Answers Glossary Acknowledgments Further Reading Marine Life Index Back Cover Bigger and Better, Updated and Expanded We live in a golden age of paleontological discovery—on average, we find one new dinosaur species per week . The most fascinating among them take their place in this updated edition of Dinosaurs—The Grand Tour ; from Aardonyx , a lumbering beast that formed a link between two- and four-legged dinosaurs, to Zuniceratops , who boasted a deadly pair of horns. Here, you'll find everything worth knowing about every dinosaur worth knowing—more than 300 in all, including: Amphibious Halszkaraptor looks like no other dinosaur we've found—with a head and body the size of a duck's, sharp claws . . . and a swanlike neck. Longer than a blue whale and three times taller than a giraffe, Patagotitan is a newly discovered contender for "biggest dinosaur ever." The speedy little feathered predator Stenonychosaurus was an anatomical marvel, with retractable claws, asymmetrical ears for advanced hearing, incredible night vision, and a huge brain. Oviraptor —whose name means "egg thief "—doesn't deserve its bad rap. This specimen from 1923 is now proven to have been sitting by its own eggs—not stealing another's. Sinornithosaurus prove that dinosaurs shed their skin the same way that humans do, rather than sloughing it off all at once like a snake. At-a-glance sidebars put each dinosaur's diet, size, and location at your fingertips. Stories of harrowing expeditions conjure the thrills of history's most famous dinosaur hunters. Highlights from recent research reveal what's new in paleontology today, including scientists' evolving idea of what dinosaurs actually looked like. (Hint: They were more colorful—and feathery!—than we ever thought before.) And illustrations on virtually every page bring these prehistoric creatures to life in all their glory. From Aardonyx To Zuniceratops—a Dino-mite Gathering Of All The Dinosaurs (more Than 300!) Worth Knowing About We Live In A Golden Age Of Paleontological Discovery—the Perfect Time To Dig In To The Spectacular World Of Dinosaurs. From Aardonyx, A Lumbering Beast That Formed A Link Between Two And Four-legged Dinosaurs, To Zuniceratops, Who Boasted A Deadly Pair Of Horns, Dinosaurs—the Grand Tour Details Everything Worth Knowing About Every Important Dinosaur That Scientists Know About—more Than 300 In All. In Dinosaurs You’ll Learn All The Gory Details—about Geology, Anatomy, Evolution, Astronomy, And Even Native American And Chinese Mythology. Stories Of Harrowing Paleontological Expeditions Conjure The Thrills Of History’s Most Famous Dinosaur Hunters. Highlights Of Recent Research Reveal What’s Going On In The World Of Dinosaurs Today, Including Scientists’ Recent Discovery Of Pigments Embedded In Dinosaur Fossils That Shed Light, For The First Time, On Dinosaurs’ True Coloration. Illustrations On Virtually Every Page Bring These Prehistoric Creatures To Life In All Their Razor-sharp, Long-necked, Spiny, Scaly Glory. And For Readers Inspired To Test Their Dino-expertise In The Field, Renowned Paleontologist Jack Horner’s Field Notes Will Help Enthusiasts Set Out On Their Own Expeditions. Track Down Dinosaur Footprints At Horner’s Recommended Sites, Head Out On A Cross-country Dinosaur Road Trip Using Horner’s List Of Top North American Dinosaurs As Your Map, And Learn What It’s Like To Be A Leading Paleontologist Who’s Been Part Of Some Of The Most Sensational Dinosaur Discoveries Ever—and How You Can Get Involved, Too! We live in a golden age of archaeological discovery?the perfect time to dig into the spectacular world of dinosaurs. We know more about dinosaurs than ever before (for starters, they were more feathered and furry than we'd thought), plus we're constantly discovering new species?on average, a new dinosaur is uncovered once a week. Dinosaurs?The Grand Tour has always included everything worth knowing about more than 300 dinosaurs from A to Z; in this newly revised, expanded, and updated 2nd edition, you'll find all the latest science and species you need to know about now, including: Patagotitan mayorum? an Argentine titanosaur and the new title holder of "biggest dinosaur ever known" Nanuqsaurus hoglundi?an Alaskan species whose name means "polar bear lizard" New evidence that, contrary to what you saw on Jurassic Park, T. rex couldn't run! The important discoveries and gory details touch on topics from geology, anatomy, evolution, and astronomy to Native American and Chinese myth. Illustrations on virtually every page, true to the latest findings, bring these prehistoric creatures to life in all their razor-sharp, long-necked, furry, feathered glory We live in a golden age of paleontological discovery - the perfect time to dig in to the spectacular world of dinosaurs. From Aardonyx, a lumbering beast that formed a link between two- and four-legged dinosaurs, to Zuniceratops, who boasted a deadly pair of horns, Dinosaurs - The Grand Tour details everything worth knowing about more than 300 dinosaurs. The important discoveries and gory details touch on topics from geology, anatomy, and evolution to astronomy and even Native American and Chinese myth Dinosaurs are back. Say hello to the Giganotosaurus, the Velociraptor, and Tyrannosaurus rex. Ready yourself for the deadly horns of the Zuniceratops and the razor sharp tail of the Tuojiangosaurus. But above all, be sure to expect the unexpected "Now completely revised and updated: a compendium of more than 300 dinosaurs, their key anatomy, geology, and history at a glance"-- Provided by publisher