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Bigger Than Tyrannosaurus Rex

Don Lessem

出版	Crown Publishers, 1997
主題	Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Dinosaurs & Prehistoric CreaturesJuvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / General
ISBN	05177093179780517709313
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Nc4OAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

In 1993, a giant bone was discovered by an amateur fossil hunter in the badlands of central Argentina. The two paleontologists who were summoned to the site thought it was the thigh of a plant-eating dinosaur, but further examination showed it to be the shin of a previously unknown species of predatory dinosaur. "Bigger Than T-Rex is an account of the excavation of the fossil and the subsequent reconstruction of a dinosaur thought to have been bigger, heavier, and fiercer than the reigning "king" of the meat-eaters, "Tyrannosaurus rex. In clear, easy-to-follow language, dinosaur expert Don Lessem explains how the scientists drew conclusions about the size and habits of the new species, how they came to give it its name-"Giganotosaurus-and how it compared to other dinosaurs. Illustrated with color photographs of the excavation and meticulously painted reconstructions of "Giganotosaurus and other species, here is up-to-the-minute news about dinosaur discoveries for dinophiles of all ages.