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Summary
Here is the first complete portrait of the legendary flying dragons of deep time - the pterosaurs - designed for non-specialists, yet founded on the real science of these bizarre creatures. Presented lucidly and accessibly by one of the world s leading experts, David Unwin s book is built on a mountain of new fossil discoveries and the latest research. Packed with 95 color and 30 black and white illustrations - including 10 full-page original color paintings that are scientific recreations of different pterosaur species - The Pterosaurs From Deep Time takes readers on an wondrous expedition back through the lost world of the Earth s deep past.
Author Biography
David Unwin is the curator for fossil reptiles and birds, Museum of Natural History, Humbolt University, Berlin.
Table of Contents
| Dragons of the Air | p. 2 |
| Pterosaur Planet | p. 16 |
| Considering Medusa | p. 30 |
| A Tree for Pterosaurs | p. 56 |
| The Head Inside Out | p. 88 |
| The Body Inside Out | p. 110 |
| Babes on the Wing | p. 140 |
| High Fliers | p. 164 |
| Grounded | p. 196 |
| The Pterosaur Story | p. 224 |
| Postscript | p. 266 |
| List of Valid Pterosaur Species | p. 271 |
| Notes and Sources | p. 275 |
| Bibliography | p. 311 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 329 |
| Index | p. 331 |
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Excerpts
"Here is the first complete portrait of the legendary flying dragons of deep time - the pterosaurs - designed for non-specialists, yet founded on the real science of these bizarre creatures. Presented lucidly and accessibly by one of the world's leading experts, David Unwin's book is built on a mountain of new fossil discoveries and the latest research." "Packed with seventy color and eighty-five black and white illustrations - including eight full-page original color paintings that are scientific recreations of different pterosaur species - The Pterosaurs From Deep Time takes readers on an expedition back through the lost world of the Earth's deep past."--BOOK JACKET.
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