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Dino Dana: Dino Field Guide
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication number: 2020933486
ISBN: (p) 978-1-64250-284-8 (e) 978-1-64250-285-5
BISAC category code: JNF003050JUVENILE, NONFICTION / Animals / Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures
Printed in the United States of America
DEDICATION
To Ripley, Rex, and all the kids who live, breathe, and sleep dinosaurs—
Never stop imagining, never stop digging, and never stop seeing the magic in the everyday.
There are dinosaurs still waiting to be discovered; go find them!
Love, Dad, Mom, and Aunt Simms
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Paleontologist Consultants
Dr. Victoria Arbour
Dr. David Evans
Dr. Donald Henderson
For Sinking Ship Entertainment
Matt Bishop, J.J. Johnson, Blair Powers, Partners
Kate Sanagan and Marilyn Kynaston, Heads of Sales and Distribution
Jason Lean, Book Designer
Special thanks to Alexis Grieve and Nour Mallouh for their endless help.
All dinosaur designs and artwork designed in house by the
Sinking Ship Entertainment VFX team.
Introduction
Hi fellow paleontologist-in-training!
My name is DANA, and this is my FIELD GUIDE. And now your
field guide, too!
Field guides help paleontologists, like us, to keep notes on all the things we’ve learned about dinosaurs. AND THERE IS SO MUCH
TO LEARN!!!
In fact, we’re still learning new things about dinosaurs EVERY DAY. One of the reasons I like LOVE dinosaurs so much is that we don’t know everything about them yet. There’s still so much to DISCOVER!
Everything we know about dinosaurs comes from studying
their fossils and then comparing them to animals that are alive today. After that, it’s time for my favourite part: COMING UP
WITH A THEORY!
Inside my field guide, you’ll find my notes on a ton of dinosaurs and some of the experiments I’ve conducted on them. These are my THEORIES based on what I’ve learned, observed, and imagined.
My hypothesis is that if you like dinosaurs, you’re going to love this field guide.
And sometimes our theories or what we thought we knew about a dinosaur are proven wrong. Which is why it’s important to KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS. Otherwise, we’ll never learn anything NEW.
There are many, MANY, MAAANNNYYY more experiments to do. Especially as you come up with your very own DINO QUESTIONS.
Paleontologists have found over seven hundred different dinosaurs! Thirty-six of my favorite ones are in this field guide, but there are HUNDREDS, maybe THOUSANDS still waiting to be DUG UP. Maybe by ME and YOU one day!
So let’s keep DIGGING for new FACTS, new QUESTIONS, and new DISCOVERIES!
Your fellow paleontologist-in-training,
Dana
HOW TO USE
MY FIELD GUIDE
Here are some tips to help you use my field guide for your own
dino experiments.
STAMPS!
| These make it easy to know which family group each dino belongs to: | |||||
| Theropods | Sauropods | Ornithiscia | |||
| And what they like to eat: | |||||
| Carnivore | Herbivore | Omnivore |
TIMELINE
This shows you how long ago each dino lived. Dinosaurs lived from 245 to 66 million years ago. And they ruled the earth for over 179 million years.
People have only been around
for a few million years!
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