Chronically organized by epoch, a poetic introduction to the dinosaur world illuminates a host of creatures both novel and familiar, ranging from the mysterious trilobite to the famed Tyrannosaurus rex.

Trilobite --Astraspis -- Euryterus -- Dunkleosteus -- Meganeura -- Arthropleura -- Dimetrodon -- Eoraptor -- Dilophosaurus -- Stegosaurus -- Apatosaurus -- Brachytrachelopan -- Yutyrannus -- Quetzalcoatlus -- Tyrannosaurus rex -- Titanoboa and carbonemys -- Megalodon -- Smilodon -- Megatherium -- Mammuthus.