All the LATEST FACTS From the Field National Geographic KiDS Absolute Expert DINOSAURS Lela Nargi With National Geographic Explorer Steve Brusatte NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Washington D C
CHAPTER CHAPTER CONTENTS FOREWORD by National Geographic Explorer Steve Brusatte 6 Superstars of the Mesozoic Era 8 EXPLORER INTRODUCTION 10 Dinosaurs Forever 12 The Battle for the Biggest 12 Huge Herbivores 13 Colossal Carnivores 16 What’s So Great About Being Big 26 The World’s First Famous Dinosaur Iguanodon 28 DIG IN Dino ID 30 2 Here Come the Dinosaurs 32 EXPLORER INTRODUCTION 34 What Is a Dinosaur Anyway 38 How Dinosaurs Evolved 41 The Jurassic Period 45 The Cretaceous Period 49 DIG IN On Track 58
CHAPTER CHAPTER 4 After the Dinosaurs 84 EXPLORER INTRODUCTION 86 The End but Not Quite 88 Life in the Cenozoic Era 91 Digging Into the Past 93 The Fossil Hunters 93 The Bone Wars 95 A Tour of the World’s Boneyards 97 Fossil Science 102 Back at the Lab 104 DIG IN Field Kit 106 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 108 MORE READING 109 IMAGE CREDITS 110 INDEX 110 3 The Lives of Dinosaurs 60 EXPLORER INTRODUCTION 62 Dinosaur Moms and Dads 64 Starting Out in Life 67 Surviving in the Wild 68 Dinosaurs Piece by Piece 70 Meat-Eaters and Fish-Eaters 73 Plant-Eaters and Omnivores 73 Lasting Impressions 74 The Feather Record 78 Tracking Dinosaurs 79 DIG IN Chomp Chomp 82
