Feathered Dinosaurs: The Origin of Birds

by John A. Long

Book Overview

Scientists have recovered more than a billion fossils, but no discovery has been more breath-taking than the fossils recently found in northern China, findings which prove that several families of dinosaurs had feathers, or feathery hair-like coverings, adorning their bodies.
Now in the beautifully designed Feathered Dinosaurs, paleontologist John Long and illustrator Peter Schouten provide a stunning visual record of these extraordinary prehistoric...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195372662
• ISBN13: 9780195372663
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.0" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 11 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 8