The Dinosaur Data Book: The Definitive, Fully Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs (Avon) 1990

by David Lambert, The Diagram Group

Concise and comprehensive, The Dinosaur Data Book answers almost every question anyone aged 11 upward could ask about these fascinating prehistoric creatures, the land's most successful-ever back-boned animals. Included are how the dinosaurs' bodies worked, how they lived and died, the world they occupied, how their bones were fossilized, who discovered them and where, where to see them on display, a descriptive list of books on dinosaurs, an index, and more!

Genres: Science, Reference, Palaeontology, Nonfiction, Dinosaurs

320 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1990

About the author

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David Lambert is an editor with the prize-winning Diagram Group, which specializes in the creation of illustrated reference books of all kinds. For more than 50 years he has written about everything from dinosaurs and ancient civilizations to dogs and outer space. His name might not always be on the cover, but it is usually inside the book.

Reviews

[C. M. Kosemen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Formative book with excellent illustrations, and a very informative guide to dinosaur families & genera.

[Regina Hunter · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can kill for doggyearing pages...Book is GREAT. READ IT LOVE IT. People at work thought it looked very complex, but its not and it is very interactive.