近十几年是甘肃恐龙大发现的黄金期，本书对甘肃早白垩世恐龙（包括鸟类、恐龙足迹）进行了全面系统的介绍和总结：将甘肃早白垩世恐龙归入马鬃山恐龙动物群、昌马鸟化石群和河口恐龙动物群三个动物群；对各动物群中已发表的所有恐龙属种，从产地、层位、分类位置和特征等方面进行详细分析和梳理；介绍和论证各恐龙动物群的年代和古环境。全书以大量原始图照来展现恐龙化石从发现、发掘、修理、研究到展示的完整过程。
本书是古生物学、地质学、生物学等相关专业人员，以及广大古生物爱好者探究远古恐龙世界奥秘的一扇视窗。
Brief Introduction
The past over ten years witnessed the Golden Age of Gansu’s great dinosaur discoveries, and this book thoroughly reviews these dinosaurs, including bird fossils and dinosaur footprints.Gansu’s Early Cretaceous dinosaurs can be grouped into three faunas: the Mazongshan Dinosaur Fauna, the Changma Avian Fauna and the Hekou Dinosaur Fauna, and every dinosaur species in these faunas was summarized including its locality, horizon, taxonomy and anatomical features.Meanwhile, the age and paleoenvironment of the dinosaur-bearing strata of each of these three dinosaur faunas was discussed.The complete cycle of dinosaur discovery, excavation, repairation, study and exhibition was introduced with the aid of numerous original photographs.
No matter to be a fossil amateur or a professional paleontologist, geologist or biologist, this book opened a rare window into the past and provided a vivid glimpse into the mystery dinosaur world.
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