True Life Monsters Of The Prehistoric Skies

Examines the different kinds of prehistoric flying reptiles known as pterosaurs, who ruled the skies while the dinosaurs ruled the earth, discussing their flight, nesting and feeding habits, and relationship to birds.

This book features prehistoric creatures that swam or flew, such as the Archaeopteryx, the Deinosuchus, and the Pteranodon.

Describes various prehistoric sea creatures that lived at the same time as the dinosaurs, including the placodus, mosasaurus, and plesiosaurus.

Over centuries, discoveries of fossil bones spawned legends of monsters such as giants and dragons. As the field of earth sciences matured during the 19th century, early fossilists gained understanding of prehistoric creatures such as Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops and Stegosaurus. This historical study examines how these genuine beasts morphed in the public imagination into mythical, powerful engines of destruction and harbingers of cataclysm, taking their place in popular culture, film, and literature as symbols of "lost worlds" where time stands still.

Discusses the physical characteristics, behavior, diet, and fossil evidence of prehistoric animals that lived in the sky.

Describes the age after the dinosaurs where huge beasts, reptiles, and flying creatures terrorized the earth.

Discusses the physical characteristics, behavior, diet, and fossil evidence of twenty-five prehistoric animals that lived in the sea and sky, including archaeopteryx, quetzalcoatlus, and pteranodon.

Briefly describes, in chronological order, many of the strange animals that lived on earth between the time life began and the appearance of humans.

One hundred million years ago, the skies were filled with enormous flying reptiles. With wings spans up to nearly forty feet, pterosaurs were the dominant life form on earth.

Describes the different flying creatures of prehistoric eras.