The Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: The Theropods Hardcover – 6 June 2019

A very nice coffee table centre-piece, they also do a version of this book covering the sauropods which is equally good.A very large book with smooth quality paper and the art work is amazing.Every dinosaur lover would love to receive this book, full of great art and well written with descriptions on all the known theropods and there are a lot more than just T. Rex.Buy it as a gift or just treat yourself, this is a must have for real dinosaur fans.

Very nice book and made with love to dinosaurs

This book seems to be the exact same thing as "Dinosaur Facts and Figures: The Theropods and other Dinosauriformes." I'm not sure if I got a mixed up copy of the book I already had with a differently labelled cover, or if it's supposed to be a separate book that's written differently and is supposed to give each dinosaur its own entry. Either way, it's very confusing and I'd like someone to answer whether or not this is the case or not.

Libro molto adatto come base di partenza per approfondire, sono presenti tutti i codici dei reperti usati come esempi per poter eventualmente cercare le relative pubblicazioni. Completo per quanto riguarda la filogenesi e la sistematica dei vari gruppi di teropodi e tratta in modo esaustivo l'argomento relativo alle impronte fossili. Interessanti anche le spiegazioni degli autori sul procedimento utilizzato per calcolare massa corporea, velocità teorica e potenza del morso dei vari animali citati.Interessante anche per bambini dato che per ogni famiglia vengono presentati l'esemplare più grande e quello più piccolo, con nozioni sulla modalità del ritrovamento, la dieta, i caratteri generali e curiosità varie.Le illustrazioni sono molto esplicative e aiutano a farsi un'idea della mole degli animali.

5 stars and more if it will be possible. It is a fantastic book. The illustrations are simply outstanding. confirm to the modern way to see dinosaurs with modern look and proto feathers and feathers. The book is conceived as a grand public book but integrate a lot of informations for professionals. Than I don't know in witch category to put these UFO in dinosaur books! It answer to common questions of grand public, "witch dinosaur is the largest or the smallest?". But after that you will find informations more professional like the exact museum number of specimens, the material associated , the publishers references and the exact age (not only trias, jurassic or cretaceous but the exact level like upper cretaceous, maastricthian), The chapters are really a revelation of the increasing of knowledge in dinosaurology last years. The book is divided in chapters: the explanation of the book, the largest and the smallest of all families, the chronology, the biogeography, the fossils associated the the largest and the smallest taxons, the eggs and foot prints. Really it is the first time that a book make a perfect compilation of these different data sources. It say's to the grand public that a lot of largest taxons are only know by poor material frequently unpublished! For all dino lovers, and others. And last but not least, the first time a book that integrate simply the modern aves in the theropods (I means the BIRDS are actual dinosaurs). The actual birds are simply integrate as a normal radiation of theropods formerly known as aves. Fantastic.Sorry for any mistakes, english os not my mother tongue.