Dino Mania: Discovering Who's Who in the Jurassic Zoo.The activities and quizzes in this book help children put dinosaurs <onlyinclude> This list of dinosaurs is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the superorder Dinosauria, excluding class Aves (birds, both living and those known only from fossils) and purely vernacular terms. in perspective, from their physical appearance to what Earth was like when these creatures were on it. Kids learn how paleontologists make discoveries about dinosaurs from fossils. For instance, readers can make a model of the kind of sedimentary rock sedimentary rock: see rock; sediment. sedimentary rock Rock formed at or near the Earth's surface by the accumulation and lithification of fragments of preexisting rocks or by precipitation from solution at normal surface temperatures. where scientists find dinosaur dinosaur (dī`nəsôr) [Gr., = terrible lizard], extinct land reptile of the Mesozoic era. The dinosaurs, which were egg-laying animals, ranged in length from 2 1-2 ft (91 cm) to about 127 ft (39 m). bones. Another exercise has children determine what bones are missing from a skeleton. A list of Greek and Latin words used for naming dinosaurs is included, and there are quizzes testing one's knowledge of ancient birds and reptiles reptiles terrestrial or aquatic vertebrates which breathe air through lungs and have a skin covering of horny scales. They are poikilothermic, oviparous or ovoviviparous, and, if they have legs they are short and constructed solely for crawling. . Information about dinosaurs prefaces each section of the book. Sterling, 2002, 80 p., color illus., hardcover, $19.95. |
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