"Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of Plateosaurus and other early long-necked plant-eaters"--Provided by publisher.

In this delightful story about Posy the Plateosaurus, readers learn about what happens when someone is selfish. This relatable and helpful lesson is presented through dinosaur characters that your readers will absolutely adore. The achievable text introduces readers to Posy. Posy is a selfish dinosaur who won't let any other dinosaur cross a bridge. However, once another dinosaur moves into the desert and claims the bridge as his own, Posy must learn to share. This adorable adventure includes charming illustrations that help readers navigate this prehistoric journey into the world of independent reading.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: In this book, simple, age-appropriate text introduces readers to Plateosaurus, from what it looked like to how it lived. Large, exciting images fill the pages, while sidebars encourage students to ask questions and think critically about information presented in the text. Additional tools, including a glossary and index, help students build new vocabulary and locate information.

Learn about the life and times of the Plateosaurus through incredible illustrations of its habitat, feeding habits, mating, and more. Get inside Plateosaurus with an in-depth diagram of its skeleton. Get ready to Meet Plateosaurus!

In the dry sand dunes and dust, these desert dinosaurs ate insects, plants, and sometimes, each other. Find out how these animals survived, and what they had in common with today's creatures.

In recent years dinosaurs have captured the attention of the public at an unprecedented scale. At the heart of this resurgence in popular interest is an increased level of research activity, much of which is innovative in the field of palaeontology. For instance, whereas earlier palaeontological studies emphasized basic morphologic description and taxonomic classification, modern studies attempt to examine the role and nature of dinosaurs as living animals. More than ever before, we understand how these extinct species functioned, behaved, interacted with each other and the environment, and evolved. Nevertheless, these studies rely on certain basic building blocks of knowledge, including facts about dinosaur anatomy and taxonomic relationships. One of the purposes of this volume is to unravel some of the problems surrounding dinosaur systematics and to increase our understanding of dinosaurs as a biological species. Dinosaur Systematics presents a current overview of dinosaur systematics using various examples to explore what is a species in a dinosaur, what separates genders in dinosaurs, what morphological changes occur with maturation of a species, and what morphological variations occur within a species.

A colorfully illustrated encyclopedia of a wide variety of dinosaur species.