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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE DINOSAURS - STEVE BRUS...

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Sixty-six million years ago  the Earth's most fearsome creatures vanished. Today the dinosaurs
remain one of our planet's great mysteries. Now The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs reveals
their thrilling  200-million-year-long story as never before. American paleontologist Steve
Brusatte masterfully brings to life the lost world of the dinosaurs  illuminating their
enigmatic origins  spectacular flourishing  astonishing diversity  cataclysmic extinction  and
startling living legacy. Equally drawing on his own groundbreaking findings and the
cutting-edge research of the women and men who are revolutionizing our understanding of these
astonishing creatures  Brusatte's captivating narrative?generously illustrated with original
drawings and photographs?traces the evolution of dinosaurs from their inauspicious start as
small shadow dwellers in the Triassic period into the dominant array of species that arose
during the dinosaurs' peak. In the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods  thousands of species
thrived  including T. rex  Triceratops  Brontosaurus  Velociraptor  and more  as well as winged
and feathered dinosaurs  the prehistoric ancestors of modern birds. The story dramatically
concludes at the end of the Cretaceous  when a giant asteroid or comet struck the planet and
nearly every dinosaur species (but not all) died out  in the most extraordinary extinction
event in Earth's history  one full of lessons for today as we confront a ?sixth extinction.?An
instant classic and a worldwide bestseller  The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs will be a
treasured work for decades to come.

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