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Author: Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing ISBN: 9781502603203 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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This series presents favorite dinosaurs, allowing young readers to explore their favorite species in detail, learning about each dinosaur's era, life cycle, source of food, predators and defense. Detailed anatomical diagrams present both the inside and outside of the animal, and additional graphics demonstrate variations within the species, the size of the animals versus man, and the size and behavior of the dinosaur's young.
Author: Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing ISBN: 9781502603203 Category : Languages : en Pages :
Book Description
This series presents favorite dinosaurs, allowing young readers to explore their favorite species in detail, learning about each dinosaur's era, life cycle, source of food, predators and defense. Detailed anatomical diagrams present both the inside and outside of the animal, and additional graphics demonstrate variations within the species, the size of the animals versus man, and the size and behavior of the dinosaur's young.
Author: Kevin Padian Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521367790 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 406
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Around 210 million years ago, life on Earth experienced sweeping changes. Many archaic reptiles and mammalian predecessors became extinct and were replaced by dinosaurs, pterosaurs, crocodiles, turtles, mammals, and essentially all of the major modern vertebrate groups except the birds. This period of change, which took place over a period of approximately five to ten million years, ushered in the beginning of the 'Age of Dinosaurs,' a period that lasted 160 million years to the end of the Cretaceous 65 million years ago. In the past decade, paleontologists have come to know a great deal more about this crucial interval of time. New discoveries, ideas, and insights from scientists in many related- disciplines have created new paradigms about the beginning of the 'Age of Dinosaurs.' What were the animals that preceded the dinosaurs like? How did the dinosaurs originate, and what do we know of their early history? Was their ascent tied to evolutionary innovations, global climatic and ecological changes, or just chance factors? How do paleontologists decide about the evidence preserved in the fossil record, and what areas now require major thought and reevaluation? In this book, 31 specialists in the paleontology of this era consider these and other questions related to Late Triassic and Early Jurassic times - the beginning of the 'Age of Dinosaurs,' its fauna, flora, climate, stratigraphic relationships, and major evolutionary changes. The book is divided into sections on background, Late Triassic taxa and faunas, changes across the boundary, Early Jurassic taxa and faunas, and major macroevolutionary patterns. This comprehensive volume is richly illustrated and is intended for students and professionals in the areas of paleontology, evolutionary biology, geology, and vertebrate zoology. Introductory and summary chapters are provided to acquaint the non-specialist with the issues and the setting of this interval of time in which the ancestral components of the modem fauna, as well as the Dinosauria, first appeared to rule the Earth.
Author: Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska Publisher: Columbia University Press ISBN: 0231119186 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 649
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Few aspects of American military history have been as vigorously debated as Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan. In this carefully crafted volume, Michael Kort describes the wartime circumstances and thinking that form the context for the decision to use these weapons, surveys the major debates related to that decision, and provides a comprehensive collection of key primary source documents that illuminate the behavior of the United States and Japan during the closing days of World War II. Kort opens with a summary of the debate over Hiroshima as it has evolved since 1945. He then provides a historical overview of thye events in question, beginning with the decision and program to build the atomic bomb. Detailing the sequence of events leading to Japan's surrender, he revisits the decisive battles of the Pacific War and the motivations of American and Japanese leaders. Finally, Kort examines ten key issues in the discussion of Hiroshima and guides readers to relevant primary source documents, scholarly books, and articles.
Author: David B. Weishampel Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520254082 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 880
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This second edition includes coverage of dinosaur systematics, reproduction, life history strategies, biogeography, taphonomy, paleoecology, thermoregulation & extinction.
Author: Yang Yang Publisher: ISBN: 9781612545288 Category : Languages : en Pages : 252
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Brimming with details of a world before our time, Age of Dinosaurs is the perfect book for anyone interested in the evolution of dinosaurs over millions of years. Beautiful illustrations transport readers to the distant past and show what these creatures may have been like all those millennia ago.
Author: Megan Stine Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0451532643 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 130
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Travel back to the time when the mighty dinosaurs ruled the earth. The Age of Dinosaurs began about 250 million years ago. In the beginning they were quite small but over time they evolved into the varied and fascinating creatures that captivate our imaginations today. What we know about dinosaurs is evolving, too! We've learned that some dinosaurs were good parents, that dinosaurs could grow new teeth when old ones fell out, and that most dinosaurs walked on two legs. We've even discovered that birds are modern relatives of dinosaurs!
Author: John P. Rafferty Associate Editor, Earth Sciences Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc ISBN: 1615301038 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 287
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Explores dinosaurs from Sir Richard Owen's first attempts in classifying the strange bones found in his country to the new and contradictory ideas of what they were.
Author: Donald R. Prothero Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 0253000556 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 393
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A fascinating study of the thousands of new animal species that walked in the footsteps of the dinosaurs—and the climate changes that brought them forth. The fascinating group of animals called dinosaurs became extinct some 65 million years ago (except for their feathered descendants). In their place evolved an enormous variety of land creatures, especially mammals, which in their way were every bit as remarkable as their Mesozoic cousins. The Age of Mammals, the Cenozoic Era, has never had its Jurassic Park, but it was an amazing time in earth’s history, populated by a wonderful assortment of bizarre animals. The rapid evolution of thousands of species of mammals brought forth many incredible creatures―including our own ancestors. Their story is part of a larger story of new life emerging from the greenhouse conditions of the Mesozoic, warming up dramatically about 55 million years ago, and then cooling rapidly so that 33 million years ago the glacial ice returned. The earth’s vegetation went through equally dramatic changes, from tropical jungles in Montana and forests at the poles. Life in the sea underwent striking evolution reflecting global climate change, including the emergence of such creatures as giant sharks, seals, sea lions, dolphins, and whales. Engaging and insightful, After the Dinosaurs is a book for everyone who has an abiding fascination with the remarkable life of the past.
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Author: Kevin Padian
Author: Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska
Author: David B. Weishampel
Author: Yang Yang
Author: Megan Stine
Author: Fernando E. Novas
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Author: Donald R. Prothero