Palaeontology Books

Are there dinosaurs in the Bible? Are dragon legends basedon human encounters with fire-breathing dinosaurs? A vast and ever-growing body of literature proclaims thatthe answer to both these questions is yes. The Real Story of Dinosaurstakes readers on a...

An authoritative illustrated guide to the fearsome predators that dominated the Mesozoic world for 180 million years.New discoveries are transforming our understanding of the theropod dinosaurs, revealing startling new insights into the lives and look of...

"A paleontological odyssey that manages to be informative, witty, educational-and enormous fun." -Simon Winchester, author ofThe Map That Changed the World,Krakatoa,andA Crack in the Edge of the WorldAn epoch tale of a scientist and an artist on the...

A richly illustrated introduction to the spectacular reptiles that swam the oceans when dinosaurs roamed the land.During the Mesozoic Era, 252 to 66 million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the land, but the ocean deeps were roiling with equally spectacular...

A stunningly illustrated guide to these extraordinary creatures from a world-renowned paleontologist. Paleobiology has advanced from a speculative subject to a cutting-edge science. Today, researchers are applying the latest forensic technologies to the...

Dinosaurs have filled us with wonder since the first monstrous bones were pulled from the earth thousands of years ago. For centuries, we imagined dinosaurs as giant, clumsy brutes-but science has since revealed them to be so much more. They were living,...

The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of extinct life.We used to think of fossils as being composed of nothing but rock and minerals, all molecular traces of life having vanished long ago. We were wrong. Remnants of Ancient...

An illustrated look at the art and science of paleontology from its origins to todayHumans have been stumbling upon the petrified remains of ancient animals since prehistoric times, leading to tales of giant dogs, deadly dragons, tree gods, sea serpents,...

An authoritative illustrated guide to the mighty reptiles that dominated the seas of the Mesozoic for 185 million years.New discoveries are revealing that many ancient oceangoing reptiles were energetic animals capable of inhabiting an array of watery...

An illustrated record book of theropod facts and figures - from the biggest to the fastest to the smartest The theropod dinosaurs ruled the planet for millions of years, with species ranging from the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex to feathered raptors...

The best-selling Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs remains the must-have book for anyone who loves dinosaurs, from amateur enthusiasts to professional paleontologists. Now extensively revised and expanded, this dazzlingly illustrated large-format...

Some 250 million years ago, the earth suffered the greatest biological crisis in its history. Around 95 percent of all living species died out--a global catastrophe far greater than the dinosaurs' demise 185 million years later. How this happened remains...

For 150 million years, the skies didn't belong to birds--they belonged to the pterosaurs. These flying reptiles, which include the pterodactyls, shared the world with the nonavian dinosaurs until their extinction 65 million years ago. Some pterosaurs,...

In 1909 a rich accumulation of many thousands of bones was excavated from Mammoth Cave in Australia's south-west. Many of the bones far exceeded in size any modern-day native mammal, evidence that in prehistoric times giant mammals had roamed the...