An unparalleled guide to our prehistoric past, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures meticulously reconstructs more than 600 extinct creatures in full colour paintings: - Dinosaurs, from predatory carnivores to gentle plant eating giants - The ruling reptiles that dominated the planet before the arrival of man - Past masters fo the air: flying reptiles and early birds - Prehistoric amphibians, pioneers of life on land - Missing links - strange reptiles that were the ancestors of mammals - Fish of the past: armoured inhabitants of ancient seas - Cave bears, mammoths and sabretooths, mammals of the Ice Age.