Dinosaurios: La enciclopedia visual

by Darren Naish

Contiene todo lo que hay que saber sobre los dinosaurios y otros animales prehistóricos. Cientos de reconstrucciones digitales dan vida a los animales más increíbles de la Tierra y nos transportan en el tiempo hasta un asombroso mundo perdido. Descubre los animales más extraños y terroríficos que han pisado o sobrevolado el planeta o han nadado en sus aguas. Desde los escorpiones gigantes de los primitivos océanos hasta los mamuts de la era glacial exterminados por los cazadores de la Edad de Piedra, Dinosaurios: la enciclopedia visual pasa revista a toda la historia de la fauna en la Tierra.

Genres: Nonfiction, Biology, Dinosaurs, Animals, Science, Reference, Childrens

304 pages, Hardcover

First published June 20, 2011

About the author

Darren Naish is a British vertebrate palaeontologist and science writer. He obtained a geology degree at the University of Southampton and later studied vertebrate palaeontology under British palaeontologist David Martill at the University of Portsmouth, where he obtained both an M. Phil. and PhD.

Reviews

[Raymond · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty cool book. I love dinosaurs. Ever since I was a little kid I loved dinosaurs. This visual encyclopedia have so many awesome pictures & illustrations. I love all the facts, figures, & measurements of the different plants & animals. Books from DK Publishing rarely disappoints. I strongly recommend this book to kids or adults alike who have a love of dinosaurs.

[Kayt O'Bibliophile · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent (re)introduction to dinosaurs! I asked my library for recommendations of dinosaur books that would appeal to adults (but weren't chaptered nonfiction, which is what you usually see aimed at adults) and was recommended this (although the Amazon listing for the updated, second edition says its targeted age range is 9-12 years old).

Unlike a straight encyclopedia listing just dinosaur after dinosaur (after prehistoric-animal-that-isn't-a-dinosaur for variety), which I also tried and found it wasn't super fun to just page through, this book incorporates information on plants, evolution, the asteroid extinction event, global climate and ancient continents, and other notable non-animal topics that go with dinosaurs and their history.

The book is primarily separated into sections based on the type of creature: invertebrates, early vertebrates, dinosaurs and birds, and mammals. Illustrations are lush and colorful, and also often include photos of actual fossils in situ. Each particular creature doesn't get a ton of focus, which actually makes reading a breeze--this is a great way to find new dinosaurs/creatures to be intrigued by, especially because similar is grouped with similar: a who two-page spread of multiple horned/frilled Cretaceous dinos, followed for by a two-page spread dedicated just to the most famous, triceratops. A timeline at the bottom of the page shows you not just which named period a creature falls into (Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous are the most famous, but there are others), but places a small silhouette on the timeline so you can see where it falls--if it's early in that period, for instance.

Connections to modern creatures are mentioned when appropriate. Overall, a very fun book!

[Ucp · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative and helps you learn about the Earth of more than 200 million years ago.

[Javier Rodríguez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excelente libro

[Dewi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Buku bagus dan lengkap.

[PABLOMAMITA · Rating 5 out of 5]

El mejor libro de dinosaurios de la historia 🤓

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fantastic reference book! I loved that it focused on all prehistoric creatures, not just dinosaurs. There were so many weird insects and mammals I had never heard of, and this book brought them to life.

This was beautifully illustrated, and put together quite nicely. I really enjoyed it.

[Felix · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love this book so much gahhh jdjsjwoaof