num_pages: 48
description: Dactyls. Flying Dragons. Pterodactylus. Whatever you call them, they are simply wonderful! Renowned paleontologist Dr. Robert T. Bakker explains how scientists observe fossils and living animals to determine how dactyls flew, walked, climbed, fed, and thought. Also included for the first time ever is his latest, still-unnamed discovery–an unusual dactyl with sharp-edged, backwards curved teeth, nicknamed "Snaggle Tooth."From the Hardcover Library Binding edition.
language: English
title: Dactyls! Dragons of the Air
titlecomplete: Dactyls! Dragons of the Air (Step into Reading)
genres: Nonfiction, Animals, Dinosaurs, Childrens
ratings_count: 23
publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers