A New Histo...: The Rise And Fall Of The Dinosaurs:
: Brusatte emphasizes that we are currently in a "new golden age" of paleontology, with new species being named roughly once a week.
: Specific focus is given to how certain traits—like the hollow bones and specialized lungs of sauropods or the feathers of raptors—allowed dinosaurs to succeed. Discussion & Study Guide Questions The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New Histo...
: Major mass extinctions of competitors at the start of the Jurassic allowed dinosaurs to take over. This era saw the rise of giants like sauropods. : Brusatte emphasizes that we are currently in
: The book explains how scientists use cutting-edge tools like radiometric dating , morphological disparity analysis , and CT scanning to understand dinosaur biology. This era saw the rise of giants like sauropods
: The era of famous apex predators like T. rex and the diversification of thousands of species across the splitting supercontinent, Pangea.
: A detailed account of the Chicxulub asteroid impact 66 million years ago and the rapid environmental collapse that followed.
: Dinosaurs emerged 250 million years ago as small, insignificant animals following the Permian mass extinction.
