Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Sizing Up Sauropods
2. Parting of the Ways
3. A Sauropod Field Guide
4. Of Bones and Bridges
5. Brontosaur Biology
6. Conifer Cuisine
7. A Sauropod in the Lab
8. The Next Generation
9. Predator and Prey
10. The Ancient Race
11. End of Eden?
12. Summing Up Sauropods
Glossary
Sources and Suggested Reading
Photography and Illustration Credits
Index

Promotional Information

The best illustrated and most comprehensive book ever published on the largest land animals the world has ever known.

About the Author

Naturalist Mark Hallett's art and writing has appeared in Life, Smithsonian Magazine, and National Geographic. An artistic consultant for Jurassic Park and Dinosaur, he has created dinosaur art and models for the Walt Disney Company and Universal Studios. Mathew J. Wedel is a well-recognized sauropod expert and an associate professor of anatomy at Western University of Health Sciences. He has coauthored papers naming the sauropods Sauroposeidon and Brontomerus.

Reviews

... the book is exceedingly well written-the text is captivating, without resorting to hyperbole or oversimplification. Recommended. Choice Every time you open this book you will find something new and interesting about these giant animals! -- Raif (age 6!) Kid's Book Buzz