Dinosaurs Rediscovered: New Findings which are Revolutionizing Dinosaur ScienceFrom dinosaurs smaller than chickens to the biggest beasts ever to walk the Earth, here is the exciting story of recent discoveries about dinosaurs and the scientists who made them. Informal and informative.--The Boston Globe. Lessem wrote and hosted a recent Nova series on dinosaurs. Photos and drawings. |
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... Triassic - Jurassic rocks , plants , and animals . The long , precisely repeat- ing patterns of sediment accumulation , the abundant record of pollen , and of vertebrate fossils and footprints , can all be correlated with geochemically ...
... Triassic - Jurassic rocks , plants , and animals . The long , precisely repeat- ing patterns of sediment accumulation , the abundant record of pollen , and of vertebrate fossils and footprints , can all be correlated with geochemically ...
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... Triassic animals were disappearing . Amphibious , mammal - like reptiles and many archosaurs died out . The calamities that transpired at the end of the Triassic , 200 million years ago , remain mysterious . Why small land animals ...
... Triassic animals were disappearing . Amphibious , mammal - like reptiles and many archosaurs died out . The calamities that transpired at the end of the Triassic , 200 million years ago , remain mysterious . Why small land animals ...
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... Triassic of North America . " Naturwissenschaften 71 ( 1984 ) . West Germany : Springer Verlag . " Postosuchus , a New Thecodontian Reptile from the Triassic of Texas and the Origin of Tyrannosaurs . " Philosophical Transactions of the ...
... Triassic of North America . " Naturwissenschaften 71 ( 1984 ) . West Germany : Springer Verlag . " Postosuchus , a New Thecodontian Reptile from the Triassic of Texas and the Origin of Tyrannosaurs . " Philosophical Transactions of the ...
Contents
The Truth About Dinosaurs | 15 |
Glossary of Essential Terms | 23 |
Approaching the Dinosaur Frontier | 27 |
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