02659cam a2200457 4500 325747268 TxAuBib 20170922120000.0 100427s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781465452412 1465452419 TxAuBib Dinosaur : the definitive visual guide to prehistoric animals / [authors, Douglas Palmer ... et al. ; consultants, Simon Lamb ... et al. ; senior editors, Angeles Gavira Guerrero, Peter Frances ; project editors, Cressida Malins ... et al. ; editors, Jamie Ambrose ... et al.]. DK dinosaur. Dorling Kindersley dinosaur. 1st American ed. New York, N.Y. : DK Pub., 2016. 400 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 31 cm. At head of title: DK. Subtitle from cover. Includes index. Foreword / Michael J. Benton -- YOUNG EARTH. Exploring earth's past -- The origin of the earth -- The first 500 million years -- Plate tectonics -- Changing climates -- Life and evolution -- Classification -- Mass extinctions -- Types of fossils -- Information in the fossil record -- Key fossil sites -- The geological timescale -- LIFE ON EARTH. Archean -- Proterozoic -- Cambrian -- Ordovician -- Silurian -- Devonian -- Carboniferous -- Permian -- Triassic -- Jurassic -- Cretaceous -- Paleogene -- Neogene -- Quaternary -- THE RISE OF THE HUMANS. Human relatives -- Human ancestors -- Origins of modern humans -- Out of Africa -- European hunter gatherers -- Paleolithic cave art -- After the ice -- Glossary -- Dinosaur list. With an extensive catalog at its heart, "Prehistoric Life" profiles hundreds of fascinating species in incredible detail; features breathtaking, state-of-the-art images; explores the concept of geological time; and explains the classification of species and how the evidence for their evolution is preserved and can be deciphered. 20170922. Fossils. Fossils. Pictorial works. Animals, Fossil. Animals, Fossil. Pictorial works. Plants, Fossil. Plants, Fossil. Pictorial works. Fossil hominids. Fossil hominids. Pictorial works. Paleobiology. Earth. Origin. Earth. Origin Pictorial works. Palmer, Douglas. Lamb, Simon. Gavira Guerrero, Angeles. Frances, Peter. DK Publishing, Inc.