We live in a golden age of paleontological discovery&;on average, we find one new dinosaur species per week. The most fascinating among them take their place in this updated edition of Dinosaurs&;The Grand Tour; from Aardonyx, a lumbering beast that formed a link between two- and four-legged dinosaurs, to Zuniceratops, who boasted a deadly pair of horns. Here, you&;ll find everything worth knowing about every dinosaur worth knowing&;more than 300 in all, including:
Amphibious Halszkaraptor looks like no other dinosaur we&;ve found&;with a head and body the size of a duck&;s, sharp claws . . . and a swanlike neck.
Longer than a blue whale and three times taller than a giraffe, Patagotitan is a newly discovered contender for &;biggest dinosaur ever.&;
The speedy little feathered predator Stenonychosaurus was an anatomical marvel, with retractable claws, asymmetrical ears for advanced hearing, incredible night vision, and a huge brain.
Oviraptor&;whose name means &;egg thief &;&;doesn&;t deserve its bad rap. This specimen from 1923 is now proven to have been sitting by its own eggs&;not stealing another&;s.
Sinornithosaurus prove that dinosaurs shed their skin the same way that humans do, rather than sloughing it off all at once like a snake.
At-a-glance sidebars put each dinosaur&;s diet, size, and location at your fingertips. Stories of harrowing expeditions conjure the thrills of history&;s most famous dinosaur hunters. Highlights from recent research reveal what&;s new in paleontology today, including scientists&; evolving idea of what dinosaurs actually looked like. (Hint: They were more colorful&;and feathery!&;than we ever thought before.) And illustrations on virtually every page bring these prehistoric creatures to life in all their glory.