At head of title: Eyewitness.

Includes clip-art CD.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 69) and index.

What were the dinosaurs? -- Different designs -- Triassic times -- Jurassic times -- Cretaceous times -- The end of an era -- How do we know? -- The first fossil finds -- Little and large -- Dinosaur evolution -- Heads and brains -- Horns and head crests -- Senses and communication -- Meat-eaters -- Plant-eaters -- Long and short necks -- The backbone story -- All about tails -- Terrifying tails -- Plates and sails -- Arms and hands -- Claws and their uses -- Legs and feet -- Ancient footprints -- Tough skins -- Feathered dinosaurs -- Eggs and young -- Finding dinosaur fossils -- Rebuilding a dinosaur -- Classification of dinosaurs.

Text and photographs explore the world of the dinosaurs, focusing on such aspects as their teeth, feet, eggs, and fossils.