Bigger and Better, Updated and Expanded
We live in a golden age of paleontological discoveryâon average, we find one new dinosaur species per week. The most fascinating among them take their place in this updated edition of DinosaursâThe Grand Tour; from Aardonyx, a lumbering beast that formed a link between two- and four-legged dinosaurs, to Zuniceratops, who boasted a deadly pair of horns. Here, you'll find everything worth knowing about every dinosaur worth knowingâmore than 300 in all, including:- Amphibious Halszkaraptor looks like no other dinosaur we've foundâwith a head and body the size of a duck's, sharp claws . . . and a swanlike neck.
- Longer than a blue whale and three times taller than a giraffe, Patagotitan is a newly discovered contender for "biggest dinosaur ever."
- The speedy little feathered predator Stenonychosaurus was an anatomical marvel, with retractable claws, asymmetrical ears for advanced hearing, incredible night vision, and a huge brain.
- Oviraptorâwhose name means "egg thief "âdoesn't deserve its bad rap. This specimen from 1923 is now proven to have been sitting by its own eggsânot stealing another's.
- Sinornithosaurus prove that dinosaurs shed their skin the same way that humans do, rather than sloughing it off all at once like a snake.