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Author: Paul C. Sereno Publisher: Bearport Publishing ISBN: 1597162558 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 36
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Follow Paul Sereno's 1997 excavation in the desert, revealing facts about this giant prehistoric croc that lived and fought among the dinosaurs.
Author: Paul C. Sereno Publisher: Bearport Publishing ISBN: 1597162558 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 36
Book Description
Follow Paul Sereno's 1997 excavation in the desert, revealing facts about this giant prehistoric croc that lived and fought among the dinosaurs.
Author: Darren Naish Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 0691212023 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 213
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"A personal selection of circa 180 topics from dinosaur biology, including classification, fossil finds, biographies, and much more"--
Author: Louie Psihoyos Publisher: Random House Incorporated ISBN: 9780679764205 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 267
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An anecdotal journey into the world of dinosaur paleontology chronicles the international odyssey of a renowned photojournalist who traveled the world in search of the great fossil hunters and their discoveries
Author: Kristina Curry Rogers Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520932331 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 360
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Sauropod dinosaurs were the largest animals ever to walk the earth, and they represent a substantial portion of vertebrate biomass and biodiversity during the Mesozoic Era. The story of sauropod evolution is told in an extensive fossil record of skeletons and footprints that span the globe and 150 million years of earth history. This generously illustrated volume is the first comprehensive scientific summary of sauropod evolution and paleobiology. The contributors explore sauropod anatomy, detail its variations, and question the myth that life at large size led to evolutionary stagnation and eventual replacement by more "advanced" herbivorous dinosaurs. Chapters address topics such as the evolutionary history and diversity of sauropods; methods for creating three-dimensional reconstructions of their skeletons; questions of sauropod herbivory, tracks, gigantism, locomotion, reproduction, growth rates, and more. This book, together with the recent surge in sauropod discoveries around the world and taxonomic revisions of fragmentary genera, will shed new light on "nature's greatest extravagances."
Author: Michael K. Brett-Surman Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 0253357012 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 1161
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Praise for the first edition "A gift to serious dinosaur enthusiasts" --Science "The amount of information in these] pages is amazing. This book should be on the shelves of dinosaur freaks as well as those who need to know more about the paleobiology of extinct animals. It will be an invaluable library reference." --American Reference Books Annual "An excellent encyclopedia that serves as a nice bridge between popular and scholarly dinosaur literature." --Library Journal (starred review) "Copiously illustrated and scrupulously up-to-date... the book reveals dinos through the fractious fields that make a study of them." --Publishers Weekly "Stimulating armchair company for cold winter evenings.... Best of all, the book treats dinosaurs as intellectual fun." --New Scientist "The book is useful both as a reference and as a browse-and-enjoy compendium." --Natural History What do we know about dinosaurs, and how do we know it? How did dinosaurs grow, move, eat, and reproduce? Were they warm-blooded or cold-blooded? How intelligent were they? How are the various groups of dinosaurs related to each other, and to other kinds of living and extinct vertebrates? What can the study of dinosaurs tell us about the process of evolution? And why did typical dinosaurs become extinct? All of these questions, and more, are addressed in the new, expanded, second edition of The Complete Dinosaur. Written by many of the world's leading experts on the "fearfully great" reptiles, the book's 45 chapters cover what we have learned about dinosaurs, from the earliest discoveries of dinosaurs to the most recent controversies. Where scientific contention exists, the editors have let the experts agree to disagree. Copiously illustrated and accessible to all readers from the enthusiastic amateur to the most learned professional paleontologist, The Complete Dinosaur is a feast for serious dinosaur lovers everywhere.
Author: Caitlin Donahue Wylie Publisher: MIT Press ISBN: 0262542676 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 266
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An investigation of the work and workers in fossil preparation labs reveals the often unacknowledged creativity and problem-solving on which scientists rely. Those awe-inspiring dinosaur skeletons on display in museums do not spring fully assembled from the earth. Technicians known as preparators have painstakingly removed the fossils from rock, repaired broken bones, and reconstructed missing pieces to create them. These specimens are foundational evidence for paleontologists, and yet the work and workers in fossil preparation labs go largely unacknowledged in publications and specimen records. In this book, Caitlin Wylie investigates the skilled labor of fossil preparators and argues for a new model of science that includes all research work and workers. Drawing on ethnographic observations and interviews, Wylie shows that the everyday work of fossil preparation requires creativity, problem-solving, and craft. She finds that preparators privilege their own skills over technology and that scientists prefer to rely on these trusted technicians rather than new technologies. Wylie examines how fossil preparators decide what fossils, and therefore dinosaurs, look like; how labor relations between interdependent yet hierarchically unequal collaborators influence scientific practice; how some museums display preparators at work behind glass, as if they were another exhibit; and how these workers learn their skills without formal training or scientific credentials. The work of preparing specimens is a crucial component of scientific research, although it leaves few written traces. Wylie argues that the paleontology research community's social structure demonstrates how other sciences might incorporate non-scientists into research work, empowering and educating both scientists and nonscientists.
Author: Sally M. Walker Publisher: Millbrook Press ISBN: 0822563541 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 50
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110 million years ago, a lush river flowed through the heart of what is now a desert in Africa. Lurking in the depths of the river, a humungous monster waited for its prey to come to the river’s edge to drink...and to die. More than 40 feet long, this giant ancestor of the crocodile stalked and killed dinosaurs. In 1997, dinosaur hunter Paul Sereno discovered the enormous reptile fossil named SuperCroc. Learn how modern science uncovers the ancient past in this thrilling account of a prehistoric predator.
Author: Christopher Sloan Publisher: ISBN: 9780439425285 Category : Crocodiles, Fossil Languages : en Pages : 68
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Discusses prehistoric crocodiles, including the discovery of SuperCroc in the Sahara Desert, and the lifestyles, habitats, and conservation of modern crocodiles.
Author: Sarah Eason Publisher: Fossils Uncovered! ISBN: 9781636913339 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 24
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"Paleontologist Paul Sereno was searching for dinosaur fossils in the Sahara desert when he and his team found something else-the skull of a gigantic crocodile! This incredible animal was so big that it could eat dinosaurs. The team called it Supercroc. Follow along on this graphic adventure to find more Supercroc bones and discover how this huge dinosaur eater lived. Then, take a trip back in time to learn all about the creatures that lived alongside Supercroc and discover even more about paleontology"--
Author: Paul C. Sereno
Author: Paul C. Sereno
Author: National Geographic Learning
Author: Darren Naish
Author: Louie Psihoyos
Author: Kristina Curry Rogers
Author: Michael K. Brett-Surman
Author: Caitlin Donahue Wylie
Author: Sally M. Walker
Author: Christopher Sloan
Author: Sarah Eason