Armored, Plated, and Bone-Headed Dinosaurs: The Ankylosaurs, Stegosaurs, and Pachycephalosaurs (The Dinosaur Library) (Library Binding)

by Thom Holmes (Author), Laurie Holmes (Author), Michael William Skrepnick (Illustrator)

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Reviewed with Thom Holmes and Laurie Holmes' Feathered Dinosaurs.

Gr. 6-10. Armored tails and razor-sharp spikes make the armored dinosaurs some of the most recognizable of the species. Less familiar, but equally interesting, are feathered dinosaurs. These two volumes in the Dinosaur Library series use archeological findings as well as scientific theory to provide a great deal of information about these creatures. In Feathered Dinosaurs, the authors review the scientific data and physical findings that have led scientists to believe that dinosaurs are the progenitors of birds. In Armored Dinosaurs, they discuss the adaptation of such defensive mechanisms as horns, scales, and armor. Each volume places the species within a time period and a habitat, offering hypotheses when hard facts aren't available. Graphs, tables, black-and-white drawings, and a few photos help visualize physiological characteristics. Each volume includes a glossary, a well-detailed time line of scientific discoveries, a list of readings and Web sites, and chapter notes. Well researched and well organized, these selections will be valuable additions to science shelves. Heather Hepler
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Library Binding: 128 pages
• Publisher: Enslow Publishers (May 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0766014533
• ISBN-13: 978-0766014534
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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