Feathered Dinosaurs of China
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| Author | Gregory Wenzel |
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Publication date | January 1, 2004 |
| ISBN | 978-1-57091562-8 |
Feathered Dinosaurs of China is a documentary book written and illustrated by Paleoartist, Gregory Wenzel. The book has somewhat of a plot, featuring a possible and theoretical day in the life of Chinese Animals from the Aptian stage in Liaoning.[1][2][3]
Plot
[edit]The book tells a day in the life of most fauna of Early Cretaceous Liaoning in China, 124 million BC.
Animals featured
[edit]- Unidentified Salamanders (mentioned at the beginning)
- Callobatrachus
- Unidentified Dragonflies
- Jinzhousaurus
- Unidentified Beetles (seen being kicked up by the Jinzhousaurus herd members)
- Eomaia
- Sinornithosaurus
- Eosipterus
- Dendrorhynchoides
- Unidentified Striped Fish (seen dead and being squabbled over by the 2 Pterosaurs)
- Confuciusornis
- Caudipteryx
- Manchurosuchus
- Manchurochelys
- Unidentified Freshwater Clams (seen on the lake bottom)
- Unidentified Snails (mentioned in the lake description)
- Unidentified Freshwater Crustaceans (listed in the Dragonfly nymph prey list)
- Unidentified Mayfly (nymph)
- Unidentified Predatory Fish (seen in the distance, hidden under some Water Lilies)
- Protopsephurus
- Lycoptera
- Hyphalosaurus
- Unidentified Cicadas (seen on page 20)
- Beipiaosaurus
- Sinosauropteryx
- Unidentified Lizards
- Unidentified Striped Moth (mentioned on page 23)
- Microraptor
- Psittacosaurus (dead)
- Protopteryx
- Protarchaeopteryx
References
[edit]- ^ "Feathered Dinosaurs of China (Book)". Library Media Connection. 23 (3): 88–88. December 2004.
- ^ Wagner, Donna Marie (April 2004). "Feathered Dinosaurs of China (Book)". School Library Journal. 50 (4): 181–181.
- ^ Pfeiffer, Jacqueline (2005). "Review of Feathered Dinosaurs of China". Science and Children. 42 (5): 58–59. ISSN 0036-8148.