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1	Dinosaurs: A Concise Natural History more books like this by David E Fastovsky, Professor David B Weishampel, John Sibbick (Illustrator) add to wishlist From the authors of The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs, comes a general introduction to the study of dinosaurs for non-specialists, designed to excite readers about science by using the ever-popular animals - the dinosaurs - to illustrate and discuss geology, natural history and evolution. While it focuses on dinosaurs, it also uses ... see all copies from $39.98! new only from $49.76! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Reptiles of California more books like this by Richard P Hilton, Ken Kirkland (Illustrator), Kevin Padian, Ph.D. (Foreword by) add to wishlist One of the most geologically complex and diverse states, California spent much of the age of dinosaurs under water. While most of the fossils found in the state are those of reptiles that lived in the sea (thalattosaurs, icythyosaurs, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs and turtles), some are those of birds and pterosaurs that soared above it. Other fossils ... see all copies from $2.94! new only from $9.98! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Sea Dragons: Predators of the Prehistoric Oceans more books like this by Richard Ellis add to wishlist In the days when dinosaurs dominated the earth, their marine counterparts - every bit as big and ferocious - reigned supreme in prehistoric seas. In this book, Richard Ellis takes us back to the Mesozoic era to resurrect the fascinating lives of these giant seagoing reptiles. Working from the fossil record, Ellis explores the natural history of ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $12.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Dinosaurs, Spitfires, and Sea Dragons more books like this by Christopher McGowan add to wishlist The Mesozoic Era is often referred to as the Age of Dinosaurs, for during its 150 million years these "terrible lizards" dominated the earth. While the gigantic reptiles that enthrall today's schoolchildren - the tyrannosaurs, triceratops, and stegosaurus - lumbered through the subtropical landscape, the pterosaurs ruled the skies, and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.37! \| first editions \| SVS
5	In the shadow of the dinosaurs early Mesozoic tetrapods more books like this by Fraser, Sues add to wishlist The early Mesozoic period was a critical period in the evolution of life on land when most of today's major groups of terrestrial vertebrates arose and dinosaurs and pterosaurs rose to prominence. In recent years this period has received a great deal of attention from palaeontologists, and it is now felt that the small vertebrates which lived in ... see all copies from $25.95! new only from $67.82!
6	The Enigma of Angiosperm Origins more books like this by Norman F Hughes add to wishlist The origins of angiosperms are still debated, despite many years of work by scientists from differing disciplines. The progress made toward resolving the problem is reviewed in this book. The author suggests that the only fruitful method of study is the total integrated use of the fossil record, particularly dispersed palynomorphs. This includes ... see all copies from $48.82! new only from $48.82! \| SVS
7	A Field Guide to Dinosaurs more books like this by Henry Gee, Luis V Rey (Illustrator) add to wishlist This beautifully produced and illustrated volume is the result of sophisticated scientific research. It is written in clear laymen's language for nonscientists who have serious interest in paleontology. Author Gee provides naturalists' notes on more than 50 different dinosaur species. see all copies from $4.49! new only from $13.52! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Time Exposure: A Photographic Record of the Dinosaur Age more books like this by Dougal Dixon, Jane Burton add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.90! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Jurassic Classics: A Collection of Saurian Essays and Mesozoic Musings more books like this by Donald F. Glut add to wishlist From an essay on Charles R. Knight, the most influential of all artists to re-create extinct animals, to a "dinosaurian" prank posted over the Internet; from prehistoric scripts for comic books to writings for professional paleontological journals, author Don Glut has turned his peculiar fascination into a career. For nearly four decades, the ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $4.98!
10	Dinosaur!: Definitive Account of the Terrible Lizards from Their First Days on Earth to Their... more books like this by David Norman add to wishlist This title takes the reader on a grand tour of the Mesozoic era--the age of Hadrosaurs, the Apatosaurs, Stegosaurs, and the fearsome Tyrannosaurus Rex. It presents the latest theories of how dinosaurs lived and what might have led to their cataclysmic extinction. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.53! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Day of the Dinosaur more books like this by L. Sprague De Camp add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.33! \| first editions \| SVS
12	African Dinosaurs Unearthed: The Tendaguru Expeditions more books like this by Gerhard Maier add to wishlist From 1907 to 1931 at Tendaguru, a remote site in present-day Tanzania, teams of German (and later British) paleontologists unearthed 220 tons of fossils, including the bones of a new dinosaur, one of the largest then known. For decades the mounted skeleton of this giant, Brachiosaurus, was the largest skeleton of a land animal on exhibit in the ... see all copies from $19.20! new only from $58.24! \| first editions
13 view cover	Dawn of the Dinosaur Age: The Late Triassic & Early Jurassic Epochs more books like this by Thom Holmes add to wishlist "Dawn of the Dinosaur Age" presents the first act in the drama that would become the Mesozoic Era, the Age of Reptiles. The rise of the first dinosaurs is the story of opportunity and evolutionary innovation. The first dinosaurs, after living in the shadows of larger, more dominant reptilian kin, took advantage of major mass extinctions at the end ... see all copies from $12.98! new only from $26.25! \| SVS
14 view cover	Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs more books like this by Luis M Chiappe (Editor), Lawrence M Witmer (Editor) add to wishlist Our knowledge of the origin and early evolution of birds has exploded since the late 1980s. In the 1990s alone, scientists became aware of approximately three times more species of early birds than were previously known, marking the first 85 million years of avian development as a period of remarkable species diversity. Assembling work by an ... see all copies from $55.10! new only from $55.10! \| first editions
15	The year of the dinosaur more books like this by Edwin Harris Colbert add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.00! \| first editions
16 view cover	Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs: Origins, Evolution, and Structure more books like this by Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Richard L Cifelli, Zhe-XI Luo add to wishlist The fossil record on Mesozoic mammals has expanded by orders of magnitude over the past quarter century. New specimens, some of them breathtakingly complete, have been found in nearly all parts of the globe at a rapid pace. Coupled with the application of new scientific approaches and techniques, these exciting discoveries have led to profound ... see all copies from $154.90! new only from $229.42! \| SVS
17	Dinosaurs of North America more books like this by Helen Roney Sattler, Anthony Rao (Illustrator), John H Ostrom (Designer) add to wishlist Discusses more than 80 different types of dinosaurs native to North America in the context of changing geography, animal and plant communities, and climate during the Mesozoic Era. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
18	Dinosaurs of the Southwest more books like this by Ronald Ratkevich add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Tyrannosaurus Rex and Its Kin: The Mesozoic Monsters more books like this by Helen Roney Sattler, Joyce Powzyk (Illustrator) add to wishlist Discusses the fossil remains, probable appearance, and possible behavior of the gigantic flesh-eating dinosaurs of the Mesozoic, including Tyrannosaurus rex, Allosaurus, and such lesser known relatives as Acrocanthosaurus and Baryonyx walkeri. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
20	Flying Reptiles in the Age of Dinosaurs more books like this by John Kaufmann add to wishlist Text and illustrations introduce various types of pterosaurs, a family of flying reptiles that flourished during the age of the dinosaurs. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
21 view cover	Reign of the Sea Dragons more books like this by Sneed B Collard, III, Andrew Plant (Illustrator) add to wishlist While dinosaurs dominated Earth during the Mesozoic era, an astonishing collection of reptiles, often referred to as sea dragons, filled the oceans. But where did the sea dragons come from? Where did they go? see all copies from $4.28! new only from $4.50! \| SVS
22	Mesozoic Mammals: The First Two-Thirds of Mammalian History more books like this by Jason A Lillegraven add to wishlist see all copies from $13.12! first editions
23	Mesozoic and Tertiary Geology of Southern Africa: A Global Approach to Geology more books like this by R V Dingle, Brock B B add to wishlist see all copies from $44.95! new only from $363.93!
24	Palaeobiology of Angiosperm Origins more books like this by Norman F Hughes add to wishlist see all copies from $22.10! first editions
25 view cover	Glorified Dinosaurs: The Origin and Early Evolution of Birds more books like this by Luis M Chiappe add to wishlist The last few years have witnessed an unparalleled rate of discoveries of early birds and their dinosaurian predecessors. Written by a recognised authority in the field, "Glorified Dinosaurs: The Origin and Early Evolution of Birds" provides a comprehensive summary of these discoveries and addresses the fascinating topic of how modern birds evolved ... see all copies from $56.39! new only from $56.39! \| signed copies

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