The most exciting view of prehistoric life available today. The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life brings the primordial world to vivid photo-realistic life, covering 112 of the earliest beasts dating from the Cambrian Period to the Pleistocene Period, with in-depth profiles on physical characteristics, lifestyle, habitat and behavior. Fascinating Fact sidebars throughout offer tidbits of dinosaur trivia. The heart of the book is the 350 richly detailed and lifelike color illustrations. These photo-illustrations are the result of pioneering work by the Emmy award-winning creative team at Framestore CFC. Leaders in digital animation technology, they combined animation, graphic effects, and filmmaking to recreate creatures such as Meganeura, a giant carnivorous dragonfly, the sail-backed killer Dimetrodon,and Gorgonops, a saber-toothed predator that looks like a cross between a monitor lizard and a lion. The most exciting view of prehistoric life available today. The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life brings the primordial world to vivid photo-realistic life, covering 112 of the earliest beasts dating from the Cambrian Period to the Pleistocene Period, with in-depth profiles on physical characteristics, lifestyle, habitat and behavior. Fascinating Fact sidebars throughout offer tidbits of dinosaur trivia. The heart of the book is the 350 richly detailed and lifelike color illustrations. These photo-illustrations are the result of pioneering work by the Emmy award-winning creative team at Framestore CFC. Leaders in digital animation technology, they combined animation, graphic effects, and filmmaking to recreate creatures such as Meganeura, a giant carnivorous dragonfly, the sail-backed killer Dimetrodon,and Gorgonops, a saber-toothed predator that looks like a cross between a monitor lizard and a lion.