Our knowledge of extinct animals depends almost entirely upon the study
of fossils. This richly illustrated book clothes the skeletons of
dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles with flesh, and shows how these
fascinating animals evolved and probably lived. Expert author John L.
Cloudsley-Thompson provides an interesting synthesis of current views on
their ecology, physiology and behaviour, and outlines the various
hypotheses that have been proposed to explain their extinction. Numerous
beautiful drawings of the animals and their environment illustrate this
exciting monograph.