The Rise And Fall Of The Dinosaurs: A New Histo... -

: Major mass extinctions of competitors at the start of the Jurassic allowed dinosaurs to take over. This era saw the rise of giants like sauropods.

: Brusatte emphasizes that we are currently in a "new golden age" of paleontology, with new species being named roughly once a week. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New Histo...

The book follows a chronological timeline across the Mesozoic Era: : Major mass extinctions of competitors at the

: A detailed account of the Chicxulub asteroid impact 66 million years ago and the rapid environmental collapse that followed. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New Histo...

: The era of famous apex predators like T. rex and the diversification of thousands of species across the splitting supercontinent, Pangea.