AJurassicMystery:Archaeopteryx(v.2)

InAbbeville'snew"Dinosaurs"series,atalentedartistandanotedpaleontologisthaveteameduptore-createthevanishedworldofthedinosaurs,foryoungreadersofagenineandup.Eachvolumeintheseriestellsthestory,incomic-bookform,ofadifferentdinosaurlivinginitsparticulargeologicaltimeandplace.Thenarrativeisentertaining,whileallthedetailsofthedinosaursbehavioranditsencounterswithotherspeciesarerenderedwithasmuchscientificaccuracyaspossible.Atthebackofeachvolume,meanwhile,areseveralshortessays,abundantlyillustratedwithoriginaldrawingsandphotographsoffossils,thatexplainmoreaboutthecreaturesandgeographicalsettingsencounteredinthecomic.Theseessays,writtenintermsthatkidswillunderstand,revealnotonlywhatpaleontologistshavelearnedabouttheageofthedinosaurs,butalsohowtheyhavelearnedit,byexaminingfossilsandothertypesofevidence."TheJourney",thefirsttitleintheseries,takesplaceinthelateTriassicperiod,210millionyearsago,inthenorthernpartofthesupercontinentPangaea.Itfollowsthedangeroustrekofaplateosaurus,alargeherbivoreandherhatchlingsinsearchoffood.TheessaysfollowingthecomiccharttheevolutionoflifeonearthandinparticulartheemergenceofdinosaursintheTriassic,andgiveanoverviewofTriassicgeography."AJurassicMystery",thesecondtitle,isapaleontologicalwhodunitsetinthelateJurassicperiod,150millionyearsago,ataplacethatnowliesinGermany.Itinvestigatesthesuspiciousdeathofanarchaeopteryx,anearlyspeciesofbirddescendedfromthedinosaurs.Theessaysconcerntheprocessoffossilization,thegeographyoftheJurassic,andthedevelopmentofflightinvertebrates.