Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs Exploring prehistoric life and geological time

Rachel Ignotofsky, 1989-

Book - 2025

"With an exciting blend of vivid artwork and astonishing scientific facts, Dinosaurs journeys through Earth's inhospitable origins, when the only life-forms were single-celled organisms--to the beginnings of life as we know it during the Paleozoic Era: plants covering whole continents with forests, winged insects taking to the sky, and seafaring vertebrates evolving to survive on land. Traveling forward in time, you'll explore the Mesozoic Era, when dinosaurs like the gargantuan Tyrannosaurus rex, the long-necked Brontosaurus, and the lumbering Stegosaurus walked the Earth. Then you'll venture into the Cenozoic Era's ice age, where you'll meet mammals like the Woolly Mammoth and early humans." --

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Subjects
Dinosaurs > Juvenile literature.
Dinosaurs > Geographical distribution > Juvenile literature.
Animals, Fossil > Juvenile literature.
Geological time > Juvenile literature.
Dinosaures > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Dinosaures > Distribution géographique > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Géochronologie > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Informational works.
Genres
Informational works
Published
New York, NY : Ten Speed Press 2025.
Language
English
Main Author
Rachel Ignotofsky, 1989- (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
127 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781984861757
  • Introduction
  • Geological Time Scale
  • What is a Dinosaur?
  • Understanding Plate Tectonics
  • Ever-Changing Geography
  • What is a Fossil?
  • Reading the Rocks
  • Mass Extinction Events
  • Understanding Evolution
  • Young Earth and First Life
  • Precambrian Supereon: Over 4567 Mya to 538.8 Mya
  • The Hadean Eon: Over 4567 MVR to 4051 Mya
  • The Archean Eon: 4031 Mya to 2500 Mya
  • The Proterozoic Eon: 2500 Mya to 538.8 Mya
  • Life Before the Dinosaurs
  • Paleozoic Era: 538.8 Mya to 252 Mya
  • The Cambrian Period: Land and Sea
  • The Cambrian Period: Creature Feature
  • The Ordovician Period: 485 Mya to 443 Mya
  • The Ordovician Period: Land and Sea
  • The Ordovician Period: Creature Feature
  • The Silurian Period: 443 Mya to 419 Mya
  • The Silurian Period: Land and Sea
  • The Silurian Period: Creature Feature
  • The Devonian Period: 419 Mya to 359 Mya
  • The Devonian Period: Land and Sea
  • The Devonian Period: Creature Feature
  • The Carboniferous Period: 359 Mya to 299 Mya
  • The Carboniferous Period: Land and Sea
  • The Carboniferous Period: Creature Feature
  • The Permian Period: 299 Mya to 252 Mya
  • The Permian Period: Land and Sea
  • The Permian Period: Creature Feature
  • Age of the Dinosaurs
  • Mesozoic Era: 252 Mya to 66 Mya
  • The Triassic Period: 252 Mya to 201 Mya
  • The Triassic Period: Life on Land
  • The Triassic Period: Air and Sea
  • The Triassic Period: Creature Feature
  • The Jurassic Period: 201 Mya to 145 Mya
  • The Jurassic Period: Life and Land
  • The Jurassic Period: Air and Sea
  • The Jurassic Period: Creature Feature
  • The Cretaceous Period: 145 Mya to 66 Mya
  • The Cretaceous Period: Life on Land
  • The Cretaceous Period: Air and Sea
  • The Cretaceous Period: Creature Feature
  • End of the Dinosaurs
  • After the Dinosaurs: Rise of the Mammals
  • Cenozoic Era: 66 Mya to Today
  • The Paleogene Period: 66 Mya to 23 Mya
  • The Paleogene Period: Land and Sea
  • The Paleogene Period: Creature Feature
  • The Neogene Period: 23 Mya to 2.58 Mya
  • The Neogene Period: Land and Sea
  • The Neogene Period: Creature Feature
  • The Quaternary Period: 2.58 Mya to Today
  • The Quaternary Period: Land and Sea
  • The Quaternary Period: Creature Feature
  • The Holocene Epoch
  • Keep Exploring
  • Sources and Resources
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • Index
Review by Booklist Review

There are plenty of dinosaurs here, to be sure, but this isn't just another rundown of the most famous prehistoric animals; it's an amazing account of the planet Earth and the vast array of life that has called it home. We begin with swirling time lines of eons, eras, and periods, giving an immediate sense of how new humans are on the planetary scene. For starters, there are basic dinosaur facts, including general anatomy and varied habitats, but it soon goes deeper, into topics like plate tectonics and paleogeography, the fossilization process, and the part played by geologists and paleontologists in unearthing our planet's complicated history. Evolution, mass extinction events, and humanity's outsize effect on the world all get their due. There are also countless ancient critters to delight in, from eight-foot-long millipedes to astonishing plants that made more life possible, and even seasoned dinosaur experts will find new flora and fauna to adore. The predictably fabulous illustrations are stylish and striking, colorfully capturing the essence of every subject and injecting humor via cheeky captions. Each page tends to be broken up into distinct sections, keeping the incredible range of information from getting overwhelming, with an extensive index to aid specific research. Come for the crowd-pleasing dinosaurs and stay for an extraordinary crash course on this amazing planet and the life it has supported throughout history.

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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