Dinosaur Facts and Figures: The Theropods and Other Dinosauriformes

While definitely a book more for those who are true dinosaur enthusiasts like myself, it is written such a way as to be simple and informative to even novices to the subject of dinosaurs. Lavishly illustrated, it covers all the bases and facts regarding each group of theropod dinosaurs currently known. I've found several facts within it that I never knew and several specimens I'd never heard of. This book stands as a work of art in and of itself, and is well written (minus one noticeable grammar mistake that's a holdover of the book's translation due to it being written in another country). Thus, I highly recommend it for any personal library. It also would be a perfect reference book for any public library as well due to its relatively up-to-date information and depictions of theropod dinosaurs based on the latest fossil evidence.

This is a fascinating book with a lot of information, beautifully presented. It is different than a typical encyclopedia of dinosaurs in its statistical and scientific approach to each species and specimen. It’s probably more for the die hard enthusiast than for those with a casual interest in dinosaurs but I’d say it’s written for the general population in mind. I’ve very much enjoyed it so far and recommend it as an educational and fascinating read.

If you love dinosaurs enough to desire a up-to-date work covering as many species of one big type as possible, then this is it. Everything you'd need to know about theropod dinosaurs including on Mesozoic birds from info on each species, many comparisons on fossils, footprints, location where particular parts were found, more chronologies than you need. This is perfect for professionals as well as lay people who are super interested, beyond the average book which gives you only a few dozen species. This has hundreds! Hope they cover the other types of dinosaurs soon. Best book out there!

The book is very accurate and updated on info on theropod dinosaurs. along with mysterious.... UNNAMED THEROPOD DINOSAURS!!!! It has lots of photos & illustrations, with size comparisons with humans, cats, and birds. The book suggests spinosaurus was 48 ft (16 m), though iv'e read larger size estimates for spino on Wikipedia. There will be a sauropod addition of this book coming in 2020, maybe that means a ornithopds book someday, in 2020 or 2021???....

So often when it comes to nonfiction, you are left with either a scientifically focused book filled with grayscale diagrams or a more generalized publication that is colorful but doesn't delve deeply into the subject matter. But this book seems to have combined the best of both worlds. Exhaustive details on Therapods and early birds are accompanied by paleoart renditions that show the artists' skill and are vibrant additions and writing that is not as dry as most scientific compendiums.

Next to The Tyrannosaur Chronicles, this is definitely one of the best books on carnivorous dinos.

The book itself is very good and recent. However, the conversion to Kindle had a noticeable hiccup. Pages 72-74 on my Kindle version viewed on an iPad are not correctly reproduced. The best analogy I can present is that it looks like frosted glass was put over the pages. These pages contain some of the superb drawings and deserve better.

As of 2020 this is basically as cutting-edge as a dinosaur fact/illustration book can get. Page after page of high quality art with massive amounts of info, tons of comparative charts lining dinos up against people and contemporary wildlife for size/scale. Because this is a therapod/dinosauriform book it also includes many examples of 'dino-birds,' aka the many many species of 'links' between therapods and modern birds. Suitable for kids and adults or just as a coffee table book.

Dispiace solo che non sia più voluminoso, è veramente bello, sensazionale per i giovani appassionati ma gratificante anche per l' esperto. Attendo con ansia la prossima primavera quando uscirà il volume sui Sauropodi.

Extremely rich in beautiful illustrations, graphs, maps, and statistics, this book is perfect both for experts in this field as well as for beginners. It's well written and full of informations and curiosities, and it is divided into sections that analyze all the most important aspects of theropods and the environment in which they lived, throughout all the Mesozoic.

Da ciò che mi ha detto chi ha ricevuto il regalo, è un ottimo libro, grazie alle informazioni e alle illustrazioni, chiare e piene di particolari.

Great publication, very informative,well organized, nicely illustrated. Highly recommend this book to anyone interested in this subject.

molto bello

Un libro bellissimo e ben scritto, assolutamente consigliato.

Déçu, je ne vois pas bien à qui ce livre pourrait être utile ?

Bellissimo libro dei record con ottime illustrazioni