Age of 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 -- Evolution -- Heads and brains -- Horns and crests -- Senses -- Meat-eaters -- Plant-eaters -- Long and short necks -- The backbone story -- All about tails -- Plates and sails -- Arms and hands -- Claws and their uses -- Legs and feet -- Ancient footprints -- Tough skins -- Feathers -- Eggs and young -- Finding fossils -- Rebuilding a dinosaur -- Classifying dinosaurs -- Discovery timeline -- Find out more.

Discusses the environment in which dinosaurs lived, the characteristics of different types of dinosaurs, the disappearance of these creatures, and how scientists learn from their fossil remains.

Includes bibliographical references and index.