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Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World (Hardcover)

Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World By Michael J. Benton, Bob Nicholls (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Michael J. Benton, Bob Nicholls (Illustrator)
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Description


The world’s leading paleontologist takes us on a visual tour of the latest dinosaur science, illustrated with accurate and stunning paleoart.


Dinosaurs are not what you thought they were—or at least, they didn’t look like you thought they did. Here, world-leading paleontologist Michael J. Benton brings us a new visual guide to the world of the dinosaurs, showing how rapid advances in technology and amazing new fossil finds have changed the way we see these extinct beasts forever. Stunning, brand-new illustrations by paleoartist Bob Nicholls display the latest and most exciting scientific discoveries in vibrant color. From Sinosauropteryx, the first dinosaur to have its color patterns identified—a ginger-and-white striped tail and a “bandit mask”—by Benton’s team at the University of Bristol to recent research on the surprising mixed feathers and scales of Kulindadromeus, this is one of the first books to include cutting-edge scientific research in paleontology.


Each chapter focuses on a particular extinct species, featuring a specially commissioned illustration by Bob Nicholls that brings to life the latest scientific breakthroughs, with accompanying text exploring how paleontologists have determined new details, such as the patterns on skin and the colors of feathers of animals that lived millions of years ago. This visual compendium surprises and challenges everything you thought you knew about what dinosaurs looked like and how they lived.



About the Author


Michael J. Benton OBE is head of the world-leading Palaeobiology Research Group at the University of Bristol. He has written more than fifty books, including Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World, Dinosaurs Rediscovered, and When Life Nearly Died.

Bob Nicholls is one of the world’s leading paleoartists. His work is regularly used to illustrate the latest discoveries in both science journals and the general press.

Praise For…


This gorgeous book belongs on the
bookshelves of any science enthusiast,
and any movie director or television
producer looking to bring dinosaurs to
the screen. 
— Steve Brusatte, professor at the University of Edinburgh and bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs


Product Details
ISBN: 9780500052198
ISBN-10: 0500052190
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication Date: November 23rd, 2021
Pages: 256
Language: English