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A guide to dinosaurs, each with a description of how, where, and when it lived, plus the latest information about its size, diet, and evolutionary significance

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9780671510466 | Reissue edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, October 1, 1984), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A guide to dinosaurs, each with a description of how, where, and when it lived, plus the latest information about its size, diet, and evolutionary significance

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9780671531317, titled "The Dinosaur Encyclopedia" | Julian Messner, March 1, 1985, cover price $9.29 | About this edition: A guide to dinosaurs, each with a description of how, where, and when it lived, plus the latest information about its size, diet, and evolutionary significance

Looks at the natural habitat and the hunting and fighting techniques of the now extinct species of dinosaurs

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9780531190029 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1985, cover price $11.90 | About this edition: Describes the physical and behavioral characteristics of several types of dinosaurs.

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Discusses evolution and the age of the Earth, describes the animals present during each geological era, and looks at past mass extinctions

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9780531190197 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1986, cover price $14.90 | About this edition: Discusses evolution and the age of the Earth, describes the animals present during each geological era, and looks at past mass extinctions

Product Description: This book, with "Volume 1 - amphibians, reptiles, birds", brings together a collection of articles presenting an overview on the current debate on the relationships and patterns of evolution of the tetrapods (land vertebrates). The contributors, who are zoologists and palaeontologists from both sides of the Atlantic working on the higher-order systematics of tetrapods, have applied the techniques of cladistic analysis to morphological and molecular data with a view to resolving the phylogenetic patterns in more detail than has previously been possible...read more
By M. J. Benton (editor)

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9780198577126 | Clarendon Pr, September 1, 1988, cover price $90.00 | About this edition: This book, with "Volume 1 - amphibians, reptiles, birds", brings together a collection of articles presenting an overview on the current debate on the relationships and patterns of evolution of the tetrapods (land vertebrates).

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Product Description: This volume brings together the work of zoologists and palaeontologists from Europe and America who are actively involved in the higher-order systematics of tetrapods (land vertebrates). The relationships and patterns of evolution of the tetrapods are currently much debated, and some key areas of concern are highlighted here...read more
By M. J. Benton (editor)

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9780198577058 | Clarendon Pr, September 1, 1988, cover price $105.00 | About this edition: This volume brings together the work of zoologists and palaeontologists from Europe and America who are actively involved in the higher-order systematics of tetrapods (land vertebrates).

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Covers the Albertosaurus, the Zephyrosaurus, and everything in-between by a picture and a chart with key information about the animal's eating habits, environment, physical characteristics, and much more

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9780517668771 | Derrydale, February 1, 1989, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Covers the Abelisaurus, the Zephyrosaurus, and everything in-between by a picture and a chart with key information about the animal's eating habits, environment, physical characteristics, and much more.

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An alphabetical illustrated guide to some of the prehistoric creatures from millions of years ago.

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9780517691908 | Outlet, November 1, 1989, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: An alphabetical illustrated guide to some of the prehistoric creatures from millions of years ago.

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A comprehensive work for budding saurian specialists explores all areas of dinosaur life and possible reasons for their extinction

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9780831722906 | Gallery Books, March 1, 1990, cover price $5.98 | About this edition: A comprehensive work for budding saurian specialists explores all areas of dinosaur life and possible reasons for their extinction

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An account of our current knowledge of these most elusive beasts that describes the paleontological techniques used to find and examine fossils

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9780517679760 | Crescent Books, March 1, 1990, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: An account of our current knowledge of these most elusive beasts that describes the paleontological techniques used to find and examine fossils

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Covers the entire range of prehistoric reptiles, including the evolution of flying, ruling, and marine reptiles, as well as their characteristics, habits, and habitats

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9780517025574 | Crescent Books, November 1, 1990, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Covers the entire range of prehistoric reptiles, including the evolution of flying, ruling, and marine reptiles, as well as their characteristics, habits, and habitats

Product Description: An introductory text providing a readable and up-to-date treatment of the history of vertebrates. Based on the author's combined teaching and research, the book provides a unified account of the whole range of vertebrate groups and presents new lines of research in palaeobiology and phylogeny...read more

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9780045660018 | Unwin Hyman, January 1, 1991, cover price $97.95 | About this edition: An introductory text providing a readable and up-to-date treatment of the history of vertebrates.

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Surveys the complex development and evolution of mammals--from the very first of them to humans and the earliest modern mammals

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9780517025611 | Crescent Books, May 1, 1991, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Surveys the complex development and evolution of mammals--from the very first of them to humans and the earliest modern mammals

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Product Description: What sort of learning goes on in the literature classroom? Michael Benton's concerns are to theorize the practice of literature teaching and to extend the English teacher's remit to encompass aspects of the visual arts, especially those of painting and picture books...read more

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9780335097975 | Open Univ Pr, April 1, 1992, cover price $31.95 | About this edition: What sort of learning goes on in the literature classroom?

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An alphabetical guide to 200 dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, covering where and when they lived

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9781856978026 | Kingfisher Books, October 1, 1992, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: An alphabetical guide to 200 dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, covering where and when they lived

Designed for quick and easy reference, this is a study of more than 200 of the weird and wonderful creatures - some of them only recently discovered - that roamed the earth long ago. The text is concise, and is supported by fact-boxes alongside each illustration to highlight key points.

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9781856971355 | New edition (Pan Macmillan, May 1, 1993), cover price $15.85 | About this edition: Designed for quick and easy reference, this is a study of more than 200 of the weird and wonderful creatures - some of them only recently discovered - that roamed the earth long ago.

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By M. J. Benton (editor)

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9780412393808 | Subsequent edition (Chapman & Hall, November 1, 1993), cover price $449.00

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Describes the discovery of deinonychus fossils in the badlands of Montana, speculates on how deinonychus lived and hunted for food, and shares a virtual reality adventure in the world of dinosaurs

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9781856976176 | Kingfisher Books, April 1, 1995, cover price $12.90 | About this edition: Describes the discovery of deinonychus fossils in the badlands of Montana, speculates on how deinonychus lived and hunted for food, and shares a virtual reality adventure in the world of dinosaurs

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9781856979917 | Kingfisher, August 1, 1994, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Describes the discovery of deinonychus fossils in the badlands of Montana, speculates on how deinonychus lived and hunted for food, and shares a virtual reality adventure in the world of dinosaurs

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Explains what dinosaurs were like, looks at how different kinds of dinosaurs lived, and tells how we learned about them
By M. J. Benton and Ann Winterbotham (illustrator)

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9781856975032 | Kingfisher Books, September 1, 1994, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Explains what dinosaurs were like, looks at how different kinds of dinosaurs lived, and tells how we learned about them

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Answers questions about dinosaur fossils, movement, color, evolution, behavior, and extinction

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9780811438780 | Heinemann/Raintree, January 1, 1995, cover price $24.26 | About this edition: Answers questions about dinosaur fossils, movement, color, evolution, behavior, and extinction

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An alphabetical guide to 200 dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, covering where and when they lived

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9781856975421 | Kingfisher Books, April 1, 1995, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: An alphabetical guide to 200 dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, covering where and when they lived

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Provides directions for making models of various kinds of dinosaurs and their habitats.

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9780753451311 | Kingfisher, September 30, 1998, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Illustrations and text look at how dinosaur remains have been excavated and studied, what we know about how dinosaurs lived, about related prehistoric creatures, and about why dinosaurs are extinct
9781564583826 | Dorling Kindersley Family Library, June 1, 1996, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Introduces, in text and illustrations, the characteristics, habits, and natural environment of dinosaurs.
9780831753689 | Smithmark Pub, January 1, 1996, cover price $7.98 | About this edition: Recounts the origins of the dinosaurs and describes the leading species of the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods
9780831723132 | Smithmark Pub, September 1, 1992, cover price $7.98 | About this edition: Discusses our knowledge of the dinosaurs and the fossil evidence that supports it

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9781587283529 | Two-Can Pub Inc, May 1, 2000, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Provides directions for making models of various kinds of dinosaurs and their habitats.
9780716617563 | World Book Inc, June 1, 1996, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Book by Dr.
9780671759995 | Aladdin Paperbacks, May 1, 1992, cover price $8.00 | About this edition: Surveys the world of prehistoric life before and after the dinosaurs and gives alphabetically arranged descriptions of dinosaur species, from Acanthopholis to Zephyrosaurus

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9780531173701 | Gloucester Pr, October 1, 1993, cover price $17.71 | About this edition: Examines myths and facts about dinosaurs including topics like habitat, food, intelligence, and extinction.

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Describes the origin of the dinosaurs and how they were discovered, and discusses the leading species of the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods (view table of contents)

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9780140513363 | Penguin USA, December 1, 1996, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Describes the origin of the dinosaurs and how they were discovered, and discusses the leading species of the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods

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Hardcover:

9780412738005 | 2 sub edition (Nelson Thornes, January 1, 1997), cover price $137.75

Paperback:

9780632056378 | 3 edition (Blackwell Pub, December 15, 2004), cover price $119.95
9780412738104 | 2 sub edition (Nelson Thornes, January 1, 1997), cover price $46.00

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Product Description: A comprehensive introduction to all aspects of palaeontology. It starts with a discussion of the basic principles of the subject and goes on to describe the principal features of all the main fossil groups including plants, invertebrates, vertebrates, trace fossils and microfossils...read more

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9780582228573 | Longman Pub Group, August 1, 1997, cover price $60.00 | About this edition: A comprehensive introduction to all aspects of palaeontology.

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Product Description: Michael Benton's book develops the concept of spectatorship as an answer to these questions. It explores the similarities and differences in our experiences of literature and the visual arts, and discusses their implications for pedagogy and their applications in cross-curricular work in the classroom...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Hardcover:

9780415208277 | Routledge, March 1, 2000, cover price $160.00 | About this edition: Michael Benton's book develops the concept of spectatorship as an answer to these questions.

Paperback:

9780415208284 | Routledge, March 1, 2000, cover price $62.95 | About this edition: Michael Benton's book develops the concept of spectatorship as an answer to these questions.

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