Archie Blackwell is a palaeontologist with a lifelong passion for the beasts of the prehistoric era. He is a descendant of Edward Blackwell, a key dinosaur fossil-hunter in 1870s America.

Half title; Contents; Introduction; LOST WORLD (Chapter opener); Age of Dinosaurs; Shared Planet; Fossil Finds; ANATOMY (Chapter opener); A Question of Size; On the Move; Skin and Colour; Heads, Horns and Crests; Teeth; Lethal Claws; Body Armour; Terrible Tails; FROM BIRTH TO DEATH (Chapter opener); Eggs and Nests; Ferocious Killers; Tree-Grazers; Pack Hunters; Herds; Intelligence; Fossils from the Battlefield; Death and Extinction; Newspaper article; Acknowledgements.