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The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs

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In The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs, Gregory S. Paul provides an illustrated and comprehensive overview of the diverse world of dinosaurs. The book offers detailed descriptions, vivid artwork, and updated scientific information on these fascinating creatures, exploring their evolution, biology, and environment. It's a visually engaging and informative guide for anyone interested in the science and nature of dinosaurs.
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You might enjoy this comprehensive guide if you have a passion for palaeontology or a curiosity about the ancient world of dinosaurs. With detailed illustrations and expert insights, this book offers an engaging exploration of these fascinating prehistoric creatures, making it perfect for both enthusiasts and those new to the subject.

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The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs

The best-selling Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs remains the must-have book for anyone who loves dinosaurs, from amateur enthusiasts to professional paleontologists. Now extensively revised and expanded, this dazzlingly illustrated large-format edition features some 100 new dinosaur species and 200 new and updated illustrations, bringing readers

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The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs remains the must-have book for anyone who loves dinosaurs, from amateur enthusiasts to professional palaeontologists. Now extensively revised and expanded, this dazzlingly illustrated large-format edition features approximately 100 new dinosaur species and 200 new and updated illustrations, bringing readers up to the minute on the latest discoveries and research that are radically transforming what we know about dinosaurs and their world.

Written and illustrated by acclaimed dinosaur expert Gregory Paul, this stunningly beautiful book includes detailed species accounts of all the major dinosaur groups. It offers nearly 700 colour and black-and-white imagesβ€”skeletal drawings, "life" studies, scenic views, and other illustrations that depict the full range of dinosaurs, from small feathered creatures to whale-sized supersauropods.

Paul's extensively revised introduction delves into dinosaur history and biology, the extinction of nonavian dinosaurs, the origin of birds, and the history of dinosaur palaeontology, as well as giving a taste of what it might be like to travel back in time to the era when dinosaurs roamed the earth.

The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs now extensively revised and expanded, covers nearly 750 dinosaur species, including scores of newly discovered ones. It provides startling new perspectives on the famed Brontosaurus and Tyrannosaurus.

Features include nearly 700 colour and black-and-white drawings and figures, including life studies, scenic views, and skull and muscle drawings. The guide also includes colour paleo-distribution maps and a colour timeline.

This book describes the anatomy, physiology, locomotion, reproduction, and growth of dinosaurs, as well as the origin of birds and the extinction of nonavian dinosaurs.

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A comprehensive and richly illustrated guide, The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs by Gregory S. Paul is lauded for its scientific accuracy and visual appeal. Reviewers praise its expansive coverage of over 735 dinosaur species, detailed skeletal diagrams, and the inclusion of updated research. It's considered an essential resource for enthusiasts and professionals, blending authoritative information with artistic illustrations, providing a vivid depiction of dinosaur anatomy and evolution.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780691167664

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 November 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: Princeton University Press

Edition: 2nd Revised edition

Illustration: 8 Maps

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 1701g

Pages: 360

About the Author

Gregory S. Paul is a leading dinosaur illustrator and researcher who helped establish the "new look" of the Mesozoic creatures seen in contemporary documentaries and movies, including Jurassic Park, for which he served as a consultant. His books include Predatory Dinosaurs of the World: A Complete Illustrated Guide. His work has appeared in Scientific American, Nature, the New York Times, and many other publications.

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