the rise and fall of the dinosaurs steve brusatte

This gifted scientist and writer re-creates the dinosaurs' peak during the Jurassic and Cretaceous, when thousands of species thrived, and winged and feathered dinosaurs, the prehistoric ancestors of modern birds, emerged. rex, Triceratops, Brontosaurus, and more. Captivating and revelatory, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs is a book for the ages.īrusatte traces the evolution of dinosaurs from their inauspicious start as small shadow dwellers - themselves the beneficiaries of a mass extinction caused by volcanic eruptions at the beginning of the Triassic period - into the dominant array of species every wide-eyed child memorizes today, T. In this stunning narrative spanning more than 200 million years, Steve Brusatte, a young American paleontologist who has emerged as one of the foremost stars of the field - discovering 10 new species and leading groundbreaking scientific studies and fieldwork - masterfully tells the complete, surprising, and new history of the dinosaurs, drawing on cutting-edge science to dramatically bring to life their lost world and illuminate their enigmatic origins, spectacular flourishing, astonishing diversity, cataclysmic extinction, and startling living legacy. Today their extraordinary true story remains one of our planet's great mysteries.

66 million years ago, the Earth's most fearsome and spectacular creatures vanished. A sweeping and groundbreaking history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists.

The rise and fall of the dinosaurs steve brusatte