Delve into the prehistoric world as we uncover the fascinating secrets of Psittacosaurus 2.
A geological saga that digs deep, revealing how even the most ordinary rocks can be stepping stones to the hidden history of our planet. Unearthing the Underworld reveals the hidden world of rocksthe keepers of secrets of past environments, changing climates, and the pulse of life over billions of years. Even the most seemingly ordinary stone can tell us much about the history of this planet, opening vistas of ancient worlds of ice, raging floods, strange unbreathable atmospheres, and prehistoric worlds teeming with life. Remarkably, many types of rocks owe their existence to living organismsfrom the remains of bodies of dead animals to rocks formed from rotting ancient forests, or even created by the activity of fungi, bacteria, and viruses. Anything but dull and uninteresting, rocks are intriguing portals that illuminate the secret underworld upon which we live. | Author: Ken Mcnamara | Publisher: Reaktion Books | Publication Date: Sep 11, 2023 | Number of Pages: 296 pages | Language: English | Binding: Hardcover | ISBN-10: 1789147182 | ISBN-13: 9781789147186
Delve into the prehistoric world as we uncover the fascinating secrets of Psittacosaurus 2.
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Travel through time to the world of the dinosaurs in this exciting prehistoric fiction series for children. Jamie has just moved to Ammonite Bay, a stretch of coastline famed for its fossils. Lots of dinosaur fans visit Ammonite Bay to search for fossils, and Jamie is one of the biggest dinosaur fans ever. He’s a member of the Dinosaur Club—a network of kids around the world who share dinosaur knowledge. They help each other identify fossils, post new dino discoveries, and talk about all things prehistoric. Jamie takes his tablet everywhere, just in case he needs to contact the Club. Jamie is exploring Ammonite Bay when he meets Tess. Tess is a member of Dinosaur Club who lives in Ammonite Bay too. She shows Jamie around, including her favorite place—a secret cave with fossils all over the walls. But what’s that strange tunnel at the back? Together they go through the tunnel and they discover some dinosaur footprints. Jamie and Tess walk along them…and the two new friends find themselves back in the time of the dinosaurs! It’s amazing, but dangerous, too—and they’ll definitely need help from the Dinosaur Club… In this adventure, a sneaky velociraptor steals the kids’ tablet. If they can’t track it down soon, it’ll be stuck in the past forever and the kids will be cut off from Dinosaur Club! | Author: Rex Stone | Publisher: Dk Children | Publication Date: Dec 27, 2022 | Number of Pages: 96 pages | Language: English | Binding: Hardcover | ISBN-10: 0744060044 | ISBN-13: 9780744060041
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Since we've already looked at everything that's more important, let us now turn to the Cenozoic mammals of the wonderful Private Lives of Animals book on extinct beasties. And where better to begin than with a ground sloth with hair so wonderfully painted, you'll want to reach through the screen and run your fingers through it? (Just watch out for fleas and dandruff.) As you will already be well aware, it's obligatory to restore Megatherium standing upright against a tree, with its hands gripping the branches; even the model in Crystal Palace Park is posed like this. Still, it makes sense to give an impression of the animal's massive size, and it is considered a likely feeding habit, as far as I'm aware. Although it's a very straightforward illustration of the animal in its environment (with a minimal background to make room for the text), this might just be one of my favourite illustrations in the book for reasons I can't quite put my finger on. It's probably that aforementioned beautifully textured fur, or the curling, gnarly, realistic quality of the tree. It looks like it could've been drawn from life, all the more because it isn't photo-realistic. If it wasn't painted by Burian, it's certainly worthy of him. Following the format of the rest of the book, Megatherium's 'profile' is followed by a page of illustrations depicting its behaviour, contemporaries and relatives, living and extinct. Here begins the trend of illustrations depicting a group of humans throwing things at some unfortunate soon-to-be-extinct animal. Another illustration depicts two Megatherium under attack from a pack of 'wild dogs', and having watched documentary footage of wolves taking on buffalo, I really don't fancy the dogs' chances too much (no matter what the text says). A sandy-coloured Smilodon might seem eye-rollingly inevitable in a book like this, but at least the illustrator's done a fantastic job of it - this would make a wonderful book cover or poster. As well as obviously being very exciting, the pose helps emphasise the animal's hugely powerful and muscular forelimbs. The faces (especially of the individual in the background) are well-observed and very convincing, although they may be a little too like living big cats in areas like the placement of the eyes. The text is, of course, weird. Vampire Smilodon! You may have been hoping to see some depictions of speculative Smilodon social behaviour - perhaps a mother with a litter of cubs, or a handful of animals chillin' in the feline fashion. Well get out of here, hippy! Private Lives is all about the bloody violence - it's what the kids want. Note that this page features one of the few illustrations of hominids in which they are on the losing side (in this case, thanks to Machairodus rather than Smilodon). The depiction of the tussle with the mega-elk is particularly awesome. What other huge mammalian predator generally springs to mind when one imagines a pop culture 'Ice Age' setting? Giant cave bears, of course. This is a perfectly serviceable illustration (and look! Babies!), but does little to hint at the horror that will unfold on the following page. Neanderthals versus Bears: the Fire and the Fury. Once again, we have a scene of hominds ganging up to hit some poor furry thing with sticks, but in this case, the furry thing ain't gonna take it lying down. As bats scatter everywhere in panic, a gigantic bear prepares to do its bit to ensure that only one Homo species will make it into the Holocene*. Wonderful, savage, highly evocative and action-packed stuff - gotta love it. Carrying on down the 'Ice Age' checklist, we come to The Mammoth. Presumably the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius. A fine enough painting, but there's something a little strange about it - I think it might be the trunk (and a perspective issue). Two of the additional mammoth illustrations aren't terribly exciting, with the animals depicted in a rather indifferent fashion, hanging out in the far distance. This all changes, of course, when there's terrible violence involved. This painterly evocation of the BRUTALITY OF MAN looks like something out of an unusually violent Ladybird book, and I mean that in the best possible way. Like the bears v Neanderthals scene, it's very busy and full of energy. I believe the mammoth is meant to have fallen into a trap, but it almost looks like it's struggling amid a raging tempest. And now...oh boy. It's time for the evolution of MAN. Although at least we're treated to one of the few illustrations that is definitely by Burian (confirmed by the signature); as usual, his depiction of Homo erectus is quite distressingly lifelike. It's not quite up to the quality of the work in Life before Man, but this illustration of (presumably) 'Java Man' is suitably uncanny in its not-quite-human qualities - like looking into the eyes of a gorilla or orang-utan in the zoo, only worse. Here the always florid text (translated from the original Italian, although apparently other translations are similar in tone) veers into alarmingly racist territory. In fact, it implies that the different 'races' of modern humans are effectively different species, or at least subspecies, which makes about as much sense as voting Conservative on the basis of Theresa May's promises. (There you go, that's my "irrelevant, intrusive political mithering" taken care of for this post.) And finally...it's the 'ascent of man'. Happily, we are here given a glimpse into the 'private lives' of Neanderthals, beyond tormenting bears with torches; a charming illustration depicts a family group, while the text mentions their advanced culture and tool-making skills. Of course, it was the "descendants of Cro-Magnon man", rather than the Neanderthals, who went on to become "masters of the Earth" (nothing like a bit of 1970s hubris!). The text implies that the illustration at the bottom left depicts Cro-Magnons, but I rather fancy the original intent was to show a stage in the progress of their descendants - given that horses weren't domesticated until many thousands of years later. As for the astronaut - bless. *I'm aware that this depends on your view of the taxonomy. It's a joke, damn it.
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Over the last decade, paleontologists have dug deep (literally) to find dozens of new secrets about your favorite prehistoric creatures. Even though they went extinct 66 million years ago, new species continue to be discovered. Here are 6 big dinosaur discoveries over the last decade that we can't wait to share! 1. Supersaurus is the Longest Dinosaur on Record Photo provided by Live Science The longest dinosaur was named Supersaurus. The most recent discoveries show it was 128 feet and possibly reached 137 feet in length, which is ALMOST half the size of a football field. It was always known to be a plant-eater, but new analyzed bones reveal just how truly large it was! This was according to unpublished research presented at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology conference. 2. There Were Billions of T. rex According to a recent estimate conducted in the journal Science, 2.5 billion individual T. rex existed during the last 2.5 million years of the Cretaceous period, which was over 145 million years ago! Considering there are less than 100 fossilized T. rex known to science, that's a pretty big number. Researchers determined this by looking at the dinosaur king's population density, habitat size, generation time, and the total number of generations. 3. Spinosaurus Were Aquatic Dinos Photo provided by Live Science For years, scientists thought that the famous dinosaur Spinosaurus could swim, but they just couldn't prove it. Unfortunately, the most complete Spinosaurus fossil ever found had been destroyed in a bombing raid against Germany during World War II. After years of study, big dinosaur, Spinosaurus' tail revealed it was broad and paddle-like. And according to a study in the journal Nature, it was the perfect tail for a swimmer! 4. Titanosaur Embryo Had Horns Photo provided by Smithsonian Mag A discovery in Argentina revealed that a rare Titanosaur embryo had a rhino-like horn on its snout, which was lost during adulthood. This is known because no horn is found on the adult Titanosaurus, which means it seems to be temporary. Maybe even to help the baby dino crack out of its shell. 5. T.rex Had a Cousin Photo provided by BBC The Tyrannosaurus rex has a new cousin named, get this, the 'reaper of death'! Discovered in Alberta, Canada, this beast was 79.5 million years old and is the oldest named tyrannosaur on record in North America. The 'reaper of death' had distinctive vertical ridges from its eyes to its upper snout. Scientists aren't sure exactly why the dinosaur had these ridges, but they certainly give this big dinosaur a unique look! 6. Dinosaurs Laid Soft-Shelled Eggs Photo provided by Live Science Scientists have found unique ancient eggs from two different dinosaur species: Protoceratops, which was alive during the Cretaceous period, and Mussaurus, alive during the Triassic period. These eggs turned out to be leathery, like the eggs of turtles, rather than thick and hard-shelled eggs. This finding might explain why dino eggs have been so hard to find for many dinosaur species, since soft eggs would decay faster.
Why do theropods get all the attention? I'm not just some vanilla sauropod! Sheesh, I grow these neck spines and no one pays me any attention, same as ever.
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