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      ellioTt’s guide

      to dinosaurs

      ellioTt’s guide

      to dinosaurs

      elliottseah

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      Vancouver/Berkeley

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      Copyright © 2016 by Greystone Books

      Originally published in French by Éditions Multimondes as Petit Guide

      des Dinosaures in 2015

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a

      retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without

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      Cataloguing data available from Library and Archives Canada

      isbn 978-1-77164-237-8 (cloth)

      isbn 978-1-77164-238-5 (epub)

      Editing for English-language edition by Catherine Marjoribanks

      Editing for French-language edition by Christine Cade, Lise Morin,

      Jean-Marc Gagnon, Sarah Jalbert

      Jacket and interior design by Christine Cade and Nayeli Jimenez

      Cover illustration by Elliott Seah

      Illustrations on page 22, 28, and 34 by Elliott Seah

      We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the

      Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Province of British Columbia

      through the Book Publishing Tax Credit, and the Government of Canada

      through the Canada Book Fund for our publishing activities.

      Greystone Books is committed to reducing the consumption of old-

      growth forests in the books it publishes.

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      Contents

       Fasten Your Seatbelts! .................................................................... 8

       A Message from Elliott’s Parents ........................................................... 9

       A Message from Christine Cade ............................................................ 9

       Did You Know. .. ......................................................................... 10

       New Discoveries ......................................................................... 11

       Before Dinosaurs .. . ...................................................................... 12

       Dimetrodon ............................................................................. 13

       The Origins of Dinosaurs .................................................................. 14

       Dinosaur Diets ........................................................................... 16

       The Difference Between Saurischians and Ornithischians ...................................... 17

       Attack and Defense ...................................................................... 18

       Reproduction and Social Life .............................................................. 19

       What Colors Were the Dinosaurs? .......................................................... 20

       Getting Around .......................................................................... 20

       Dinosaur Skeletons and Human Skeletons ................................................... 21

      Dinosaurs of the Triassic

       Coelophysis ............................................................................. 24

       Plateosaurus ............................................................................ 25

       Lessemsaurus ........................................................................... 26

       Herrerasaurus ........................................................................... 27

      Dinosaurs of the Jurassic

      

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