Product Description

Volume 3 in the Southern Fossil Discoveries series, Dinosaurs of the South offers new and exciting information about life during the Late Cretaceous in the southern coastal states.

The perfect complement to a curriculum encompassing science, natural history, and vocabulary, Dinosaurs of the South explores how scientists use fossil clues to learn about the lives and habitats of some of the most exciting animals that ever lived.

Fossils of extinct animals are scarce in the southeastern United States, but paleontologists have uncovered enough evidence to know that a variety of dinosaurs lived in southern forests and coastal lowlands. Large meat-eaters hunted plant-eating hadrosaurs. Ostrich-like dinosaurs darted after small prey, and armor-covered nodosaurs rambled through underbrush 75 million years ago.

Giant reptiles that were not dinosaurs also lived in the South. The crocodile-like Deinosuchus, which grew to lengths near 40 feet, lurked along riverbanks. These giants probably ate dinosaurs! Pterosaurs, or flying reptiles, soared over the coast. One of the largest, Pteranodon, had a wingspan of 24 feet.

Every fossil uncovered gives scientists new information about life in this region of North America during the time of the dinosaurs. And studying rare southern fossils has enabled paleontologists to identify entirely new dinosaur species known only in the South.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2721635 in Books
• Published on: 2002-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .51" h x 8.66" w x 11.30" l, 1.30 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 62 pages

About the Author
Judy Cutchins and Ginny Johnston have co-authored numerous award-winning science books. In both 1991 and 2001, they were honored as Georgia Authors of the Year in Juvenile and Young Adult Nonfiction. Both hold specialist degrees in elementary education and have more than 25 years of experience as writers and educators at Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Customer Reviews

Easy to read yet highly educational and fact-filled
The collaborative effort of educators and science writers Judy Cutchins and Ginny Johnston, and enhanced with full-color photographs and illustrations, Dinosaurs Of The South teaches young readers about the fascinating reptiles that walked the Earth millions of years ago and lived throughout what is now the American South. Easy to read yet highly educational and fact-filled, Dinosaurs Of The South is enthusiastically recommended for youthful dinosaur fans, as a simple, informative introduction to fossils and what they can tell us about these fantastic bygone creatures.

Dinosaurs of the South
Dinosaurs of the South is Vol.3 in a wondrerful series for young readers looking at fossil discoveries of the South.This book provides a fascinating look into the dinosaurs, and other large reptilians, that roamed the South during the late Cretaceous period which was the last part of the Mesozoic Era.Vol.1, Ice Age Giants of the South, and Vol.2, Giant Predators of the Ancient Seas, are companion books about life in the prehistoric South.The authors write in a fascinating and concise manner to compliment their outstanding photographs and art work. These three volumes should be in every middle school and public library in th South.