Macabre, ironic, and witty epitaphs share how prehistoric creatures like the terror bird, the woolly mammoth, and the T-rex met their demise. The ever-entertaining J. Patrick Lewis and the inimitable Jane Yolen offer a collection organized by era, with posthumous poems paired with short secondary text providing additional, factual information about each creature.

Trilobites the dust -- Plesiosaur sticks his neck out -- Pterrible pterosaur pterminated -- Diplodocus has a lump in her throat -- Allosaurus, rest in pieces -- Iguanodon, alas long gone -- Minmi moans in the Outback -- SuperCroc plot -- Why no Spinosaurus? -- Too much velocity, Velociraptor -- Troodon, a snaggletoothed youth -- Tricera blew her top -- Fossil fuel : Kol -- Fooling with T. rex -- Terror bird kicks the bucket -- Basilosaurus : whale of a beast or beastly whale? -- Scat, old saber-toothed cat -- Crying (dire) wolf -- Holy moly, woolly mammoth -- Dinosaur doomstones -- A little about layers.