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Imagine finding the body of a dinosaur so well-preserved that you can run your hands over its bumpy, scaly skin. Dinohunter Tyler Lyson unearthed such a creature, a dinomummy, and he named it Dakota. This is the story of Dakota’s perilous life in Hell Creek, on the floodplains of prehistoric North America, with Triceratops, Ankylosaurus and the king of all predators, Tyrannosaurus rex. It is also the story of Tyler and palaeontologist Dr Phillip Lars Manning and their quest to unlock the secrets of one of the best-preserved dinosaurs ever found. What did Dakota look like? Why did it die? How did its body survive for millions of years? The incredible answers build a uniquely intimate and detailed picture of one very special dinosaur’s life and death.