Read Time of the Giants: The Middle & Late Jurassic Epochs by Thom Holmes Online

The Middle and Late Jurassic periods saw the largest land animals ever to walk the Earth--the sauropods, along with predatory dinosaurs and plated and armored herbivores. At the other end of the size scale, some small meat-eating dinosaurs developed powered flight and gave rise to birds. This fully illustrated book also examines the scientific view of dinosaurs as living cThe Middle and Late Jurassic periods saw the largest land animals ever to walk the Earth--the sauropods, along with predatory dinosaurs and plated and armored herbivores. At the other end of the size scale, some small meat-eating dinosaurs developed powered flight and gave rise to birds. This fully illustrated book also examines the scientific view of dinosaurs as living creatures. Once considered docile and inactive--like their distant cold-blooded reptile relatives--dinosaurs are now thought to have been active, energetic creatures that used a variety of methods to maintain a constant body temperature....