Pterosaurs: From Deep TimeAn epic, ambitious and page-turning mystery that will appeal to fans of The Shadow of the Wind, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell and The Time Traveller's Wife London, 1896. Andrew Harrington is young, wealthy and heartbroken. His lover Marie Kelly was murdered by Jack the Ripper and he longs to turn back the clock and save her. Meanwhile, Claire Haggerty rails against the position of women in Victorian society. Forever being matched with men her family consider suitable, she yearns for a time when she can be free to love whom she choses. But hidden in the attic of popular author - and noted scientific speculator - H.G. Wells is a machine that will change everything. As their quests converge, it becomes clear that time is the problem - to escape it, to change it, might offer them the hope they need... |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 72
... skeleton , a key element of the ptero- saur story ( see Chapters 10 and 11 ) , is also of particular significance here . Recall that in all vertebrates , the skeleton is both intimately associated with the rest of the body and ...
... skeleton allows a fairly accurate estimate of the wingspan , which is just short of 12 inches ( 30 centimeters ) , about the same as that of the smallest known example of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri , but significantly larger than that of ...
... skeleton of Dimorphodon can be found in a 1983 paper by Kevin Padian , professor of paleontology at the University of California , Berkeley . 41. Peteinosaurus was first described in a superb and highly influential monograph on Triassic ...