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The ultimate, comprehensive guide to reveal all the secrets about dinosaurs: everything you need to know about these giants of the past is here in your hands. With a very attractive style, these illustrations will let you submerge yourself in the fantastic world of dinosaurs, discovering, after a short introduction, the main categories (carnivores, herbivores, pterosaurs, aquatic dinosaurs…) and for each of them the most representative, the most common and the most curious. The book closes with a deep overview on extinction with causes and a clear timeline. For each beast, there is a short and clear description and a infographic with basic information, where they lived on the Planet, their size and weight and how long ago they lived on the Earth. The must-have title about dinosaurs: the ultimate guide you'll ever need to know everything about these amazing animals. AGES: 9 plus AUTHORS: Diego Mattarelli has a degree in Geological Sciences and Technologies from the University of Milan-Bicocca. He become part of an international excavation team that carried out excavation campaigns in North Africa, sponsored by the National Geographic Society. He participated in the recovery of the most complete dinosaur skeleton on the African continent, a Spinosaurus, which changed the current understanding of dinosaurs. The discovery was published in the April 2020 issue of Nature, one of the most important scientific journals in the world. He has also published various works: he co-authored a series of science textbooks for lower secondary schools, and has authored and co-authored numerous scientific publications in various fields. Emanuela Pagliari has graduated in Natural Sciences from the University of Milan. She helds a course of science for children at school and worked as a guide for several natural museums. Cristina Banfi has graduate in Natural Sciences from the University of Milan, Cristina has taught at various schools. For over twenty years, she has b…show more