The Flying Dinosaurs: The Illustrated Guide to the Evolution of Flight
- ISBN-10
- 0889950784
- ISBN-13
- 9780889950788
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 160
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Red Deer, Alta. : Red Deer College Press
- Author
- Philip J. Currie
Description
Discusses the physical characteristics and behavior of the flying dinosaurs called pterosaurs and the prehistoric birds that came after them.
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