Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, 231.4 million years ago, and were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for 135 million years, from the start of the Jurassic (about 200 million years ago) until the end of the Cretaceous (66 million years ago), when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of most dinosaur groups at the end of the Mesozoic Era. Until the late 20th century, all groups were believed to be extinct; however, the fossil record indicates that birds are modern feathered dinosaurs, h ...more

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Bundle Up, Penelope Rex! (A Penelope Rex Book)

Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World

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Dinosaurs Books

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

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Prehistoric Xenofiction Books

12 books — 2 voters

Best Dinosaur Books

191 books — 317 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville

Dippy and the Crocuses by Ellie B. Morris

Large Creatures

157 books — 14 voters

Excuse Me While I Disappear by Laurie Notaro

Toy Dinosaur Covers

3 books — 2 voters

Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems

Dinosaur Books Featuring Girls

86 books — 19 voters

Dinotopia

22 books — 1 voter

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Quotes Tagged “Dinosaurs”

“ Did not learned men, too, hold, till within the last twenty-five years, that a flying dragon was an impossible monster? And do we not now know that there are hundreds of them found fossil up and down the world? People call them Pterodactyles: but that is only because they are ashamed to call them flying dragons, after denying so long that flying dragons could exist. ”
― Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies

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“ So, Orion Dude, you’re an alien?” Stu said, finding it all very funny now. “Hmm. If you’re coming to my planet, Stu, actually you’re the alien! As for Titan... we’re all aliens,” Orion replied. ”
― Ruth Watson-Morris, Fantacia

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