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ellioTt’s guide
to dinosaurs
ellioTt’s guide
to dinosaurs
elliottseah
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Vancouver/Berkeley
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Copyright © 2016 by Greystone Books
Originally published in French by Éditions Multimondes as Petit Guide
des Dinosaures in 2015
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isbn 978-1-77164-237-8 (cloth)
isbn 978-1-77164-238-5 (epub)
Editing for English-language edition by Catherine Marjoribanks
Editing for French-language edition by Christine Cade, Lise Morin,
Jean-Marc Gagnon, Sarah Jalbert
Jacket and interior design by Christine Cade and Nayeli Jimenez
Cover illustration by Elliott Seah
Illustrations on page 22, 28, and 34 by Elliott Seah
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Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Province of British Columbia
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Contents
Fasten Your Seatbelts! .................................................................... 8
A Message from Elliott’s Parents ........................................................... 9
A Message from Christine Cade ............................................................ 9
Did You Know. .. ......................................................................... 10
New Discoveries ......................................................................... 11
Before Dinosaurs .. . ...................................................................... 12
Dimetrodon ............................................................................. 13
The Origins of Dinosaurs .................................................................. 14
Dinosaur Diets ........................................................................... 16
The Difference Between Saurischians and Ornithischians ...................................... 17
Attack and Defense ...................................................................... 18
Reproduction and Social Life .............................................................. 19
What Colors Were the Dinosaurs? .......................................................... 20
Getting Around .......................................................................... 20
Dinosaur Skeletons and Human Skeletons ................................................... 21
Dinosaurs of the Triassic
Coelophysis ............................................................................. 24
Plateosaurus ............................................................................ 25
Lessemsaurus ........................................................................... 26
Herrerasaurus ........................................................................... 27
Dinosaurs of the Jurassic
Diplodocus .............................................................................. 30
Allosaurus............................................................................... 31
Dacentrurus ............................................................................. 32
Dinosaurs of theCretaceous
Triceratops .............................................................................. 36
Tyrannosaurus ...........................................................................