Weird Dinosaurs : the Strange New Fossils Challenging Everything We Thought We Knew

Weird Dinosaurs : the Strange New Fossils Challenging Everything We Thought We Knew /

From the outback of Australia to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and the savanna of Madagascar, award-winning science writer and dinosaur enthusiast John Pickrell embarks on a world tour of new finds, meeting the fossil hunters working at the frontier of discovery. He reveals the dwarf dinosaurs unearth...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Pickrell, John (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, 2017
Subjects:
Animals, Fossil.
Dinosaurs.
Paleontological excavations.
Paleontology.
Dinosaurs
Paleontology
Dinosauria (extinct superorder)
paleontology.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • World Map
  • Foreword
  • Introduction: A New Golden Age for Dinosaur Science
  • 1. Monster from the Cretaceous Lagoon
  • 2. All Hail the Dino-Bat
  • 3. Dwarf Dinosaurs and Trailblazing Aristocrats
  • 4. Horny Ornaments and Sexy Ceratopsians
  • 5. The 'Unusual Terrible Hands'
  • 6. Scandalous Behaviour and Enfluffled Vegetarians
  • 7. Cretaceous Creatures of the Frozen North
  • 8. The Hidden Treasures Down Under
  • 9. Record-Breaking Titans
  • 10. Southern Killers Set Adrift
  • 11. Polar Pioneers and the Frozen Crested Lizard
  • Future Potential
  • Glossary
  • Further Reading
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Credits
  • Index.

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