The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
A New History of a Lost World
Ranked #2 in Dinosaurs, Ranked #17 in Zoology — see more rankings.
Brusatte traces the evolution of dinosaurs from their inauspicious start as small shadow dwellers—themselves the beneficiaries of a mass extinction caused by volcanic eruptions at the beginning of the Triassic period—into the dominant array of species every wide-eyed child memorizes today, T. rex, Triceratops, Brontosaurus, and more. This gifted scientist and writer re-creates the dinosaurs’ peak during the Jurassic and Cretaceous, when thousands of species thrived, and winged and feathered dinosaurs, the prehistoric ancestors of modern birds, emerged. The story... more
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs is ranked in the following categories:
- #27 in Anatomy Coloring
- #83 in Biology
- #51 in Earth Science
- #51 in Evolution
- #35 in Geology
- #71 in Nature
- #79 in Science
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