恐龙百科全书

Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs

基本信息

Edited by:Carl Mehling

Series:Encyclopedia Handbook

Imprint:Amber Books

ISBN:9781838865603

Weight:1850g

Dimensions:274 x 206 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

1.5亿年来，恐龙一直是地球无可争议的统治者。如今，这些巨型蜥蜴仍然激发着我们的想象力。《恐龙百科全书》描述了生活在爬行动物时代的生物，以及真实存在的巨型和怪兽，例如霸王龙和剑龙，它们曾经统治着我们的星球。

这本图文并茂、通俗易懂的参考书介绍了迄今为止发现的令人印象深刻、强大的恐龙。条目按时间顺序排列，从三叠纪到晚白垩世，每个条目都配有全彩注释插图。每个恐龙特征都包含包含关键事实和数据的信息框。

本书运用近期的古生物学研究成果，概述了恐龙的生存和灭绝。读者将发现曾经在地球上漫游的奇异、非凡和奇异的恐龙种类——这使得《恐龙百科全书》不仅对恐龙爱好者，而且对所有对自然界雄伟的景象感兴趣的人都成为一定要读的书。

For 150 million years, dinosaurs were the undisputed rulers of the Earth. Today, these great lizards still fire our imaginations. Dinosaurs describes the creatures who lived during the great Age of Reptiles, the real-life giants and monsters such as the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Stegosaurus who once dominated our planet.

This stunningly illustrated and accessible reference work features the most impressive and formidable dinosaurs to have been discovered. The entries are arranged by chronological period, running from the Triassic period through to the late Cretaceous, and each entry is illustrated throughout with full-colour annotated artworks. Each of the dinosaur features also includes information boxes containing key facts and figures.

The text, using the latest palaeontological research, outlines how the dinosaurs lived and died. Readers will discover the fantastic, extraordinary and outlandish types of dinosaurs that once roamed the Earth – making Dinosaurs essential reading, not only for dinosaur enthusiasts, but for anyone intrigued by nature at its most majestic.

作者简介

卡尔·梅林是纽约美国自然历史博物馆化石两栖动物、爬行动物和鸟类的高级博物馆专家。他毕业于加州大学圣克鲁兹分校，著有《恐龙！》（2005年）、《化石》（2007年）和《恐龙会吃掉我的老师吗？》（2001年）。

Carl Mehling is Senior Museum Specialist for Fossil Amphibians, Reptiles and Birds at the American Museum of Natural History, New York. A graduate of the University of California Santa Cruz, he is the author of Dinosaurs! (2005), Fossils (2007) and Would a Dinosaur Eat My Teacher? (2001).