Language: Japanese
This book is based on the TV special "Dinosaur Super World 2" broadcast by NHK, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, in March 2023. The ecology and fate of strange and gigantic dinosaurs in the mysterious continent of Gondwana in the southern hemisphere, which created an ecosystem different from that of Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops, is completely recreated with rich visuals based on ultra-high-definition computer graphics. There is a theory that Gondwana is the birthplace of dinosaurs, and the existence of dinosaurs that survived a meteorite impact has also been suggested. The book was supervised by popular dinosaur scientist Kaiji Kobayashi and earth and planetary scientist Seiji Sugita.
Summary in Japanese:
2023年3月放送のNHKスペシャル「恐竜超世界2」の内容を書籍化。ティラノサウルスやトリケラトプスとは違った生態系を生み出した南半球、謎の大陸ゴンドワナの異形恐竜や巨大恐竜たちの生態と運命を、超高精細なコンピューター・グラフィックを基にした豊富なビジュアルで完全再現する。ゴンドワナは恐竜誕生の地との説もあり、隕石衝突を生き延びた恐竜の存在も示唆されている。監修は人気の恐竜学者 小林快次氏と地球惑星科学の杉田精司氏。