The Penguin Historical Atlas of Dinosaurs

Book excerpt: "An amazing amount of scientific data is packed in this oversized paperback, and, with access to the excellent graphics, full-color art, graphs, timelines, and maps, the reader feels like an expert after reading just a few pages."-Bloomsbury Review. This one-volume handbook plots the development of the monstrous rulers of the planet from their emergence from the ocean, through their dispersal across the shifting continents and their gradual evolution, to their sudden and mysterious extinction sixty-four million years ago.