The world of dinosaurs continues to fascinate us. Discoveries of Mesozoic fossils are so frequent recently that it is difficult to keep up with the latest developments in knowledge. The book allows you to delve into the period millions of years ago and introduces you to dinosaurs and their contemporaries, as well as organisms living before and after them in the light of new findings. Whole generations of paleontologists tell us about how life on Earth developed and what role the most popular group of prehistoric creatures - the Mesozoic dinosaurs - played. Only recently are we beginning to understand how hugely successful and important a group of vertebrates dinosaurs actually were. After all, they are still with us in the form of small feathered forms that we usually call birds. The book will show you familiar species in a new light and introduce you to new species that we know about only briefly. Beautiful illustrations created under the supervision of experts are complemented by understandable text that will tell you the most important information about individual species and their world.