Introduction Timeline The Age of Dinosaurs CHAPTERI BIGGEST And the winner is The Runners Up Case Study The Missing Bone Spotlight Non Dino Titans Dig This Monsters of the Mesozoic Creature Feature Bonehead Species Smackdown Battle of the Brawn By the Numbers Lost and Found Flash Forward Colossal Crocs Big at a Glance In Our World Long Live the Dinos Fun and Games Titanic Tracks CHAPTER 2 SMALLEST And the winner is The Runners Up Case Study Pint Size Paleontologists Spotlight Little Limb Line Up Dig This Brain Teaser Creature Feature Mighty Mussaurus Species Smackdown Small but Speedy By the Numbers Dinos Top to Bottom Flash Forward Tiny but Mighty Small at a Glance In Our World Cutting Science Down to Size Fun and Games Past and Present CHAPTER 3 DEADLIEST And the Winner Is The Runners Up Case Study Deadlier by the Dozen Spotlight Dino Defenses Dig This One Two Punch Creature Feature Ferocious in the Far East Species Smackdown Deadly vs Deadlier By the Numbers Killing Machines and Their Spectacular Specs Flash Forward Superlative Sharks Deadly at a Glance In Our World Veg Head Fun and Games Deadly Dino Trivia CHAPTER 4 WEIRDEST And the winner is The Runners Up Case Study Wall Walkers Spotlight Real Life Sea Monsters Dig This The wars Bone
108 110 112 Creature Feature Dinosauroid Species Smackdown Battle of the Bizarre By the Numbers How Long Ago Was That Flash Forward The Puzzling Platypus Weird at a Glance In Our World Boney Blunders Fun and Games Riddle Me This CHAPTER 5 MOST INTRIGUING And the winner is The Runners Up Case Study The Girl Who Dug Dinos Spotlight Remarkable Reptilians in Action Dig This Make Up Your Mind Please Creature Feature Most Deserving of an Oscar Species Smackdown Dino IQ By the Numbers Skulls and Bones Flash Forward The Sturdy Turtle Most at a Glance In Our World Flight Plan Fun and Games Claim to Fame 138 160 162 CHAPTER 6 FIRST And the winner is The Runners Up Case Study Colorful Creatures Spotlight Awesome Ancient Animals Dig This Myths and Monsters Oh My Creature Feature A New Dragon in Town Species Smackdown Who Came First By the Numbers Mega Milestones Flash Forward Super Survivors First at a Glance In Our World Bloody Bones Reveal a Major Discovery Fun and Games Name That Dino 164 166 168 170 176 CHAPTER 7 PREHISTORIC ANIMALS And the winner is The Runners Up Case Study A Mammoth Mystery Spotlight It's All Relative Dig This Extinction What Comes Next Creature Feature Killer Pig Species Smackdown On the Hunt Flash Forward Look Up Dinosaurs Live On Extreme at a Glance In Our World Bring Back the Dinos Eh Maybe Fun and Games Do I Know You 194 Index acknowledgments Credits
ARE YOU READY TO TRAVEL BACK IN TIME GET READY FOR AN ADVENTURE OF PREHISTORIC PROPORTIONS You probably already know that dinosaurs are some of the biggest most diverse and coolest looking creatures ever to have inhabited the planet But did you also know that dinos didn't start out that way About 270 million years ago our planet had just one giant landmass called Pangaea instead of the seven continents we have today Over tens of millions of years as the movement of Earth's tectonic plates broke up Pangaea into smaller pieces with different climates and landscapes dinosaurs evolved into record breaking species of all shapes and sizes complete with the amazing armor spikes sails horns plates frills and other awesomely impressive attributes we recognize today in books in movies and lurking on toy store shelves In National Geographic Kids Dino Records you'll meet not only the biggest smallest deadliest and weirdest dinos but also the winners for most famous most peculiar posterior and most magical name You'll find fantastic firsts from the first dinos on Earth to the first dinos in space And you'll meet other rad record breaking creatures that lived before after and alongside dinosaurs Did you know that the largest sea turtle and the largest flying animal both now extinct shared the planet with dinosaurs Distant relatives of crocs and sharks did too and some managed to survive the event that doomed the dinos Mammals no big ger than a dog when dinos roamed eventually evolved after the extinc tion into massive creatures including the biggest land mammal that ever lived Turn the page to stomp swim and soar back time in
