Dinosaurs (2007 book)

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Dinosaurs
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Author Thomas R. Holtz Jr., Luis Rey
LanguageEnglish
Genre Reference encyclopedia
Publisher Random House
Publication date
2007
Pages432
ISBN 978-0-375-82419-7
OCLC 77486015

Dinosaurs (The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages) is a book by Dr. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr., with illustrations by Luis Rey. It was published in 2007 by Random House. [1] The book received generally positive reviews upon release and garnered the nickname "The Dinosaur Bible". [2] Dr Holtz set up a companion website, which shares updates on new dinosaur discoveries. [3]

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