Kings of Creation: How a New Breed of Scientists is Revolutionizing Our Understanding of DinosaursHalf of all known dinosaur species have been discovered in only the past two decades, thanks to a young generation of paleontologists who are reinvigorating the field of dinosaur studies. In Dinosaurs Rediscovered, science journalist Don Lessem describes these adventurous scientists and their remarkable finds. Photos and line drawings throughout. |
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... Flaming Cliffs egg - find , above all his discoveries , brought Andrews celebrity beyond even his fond expectations . The notion of egg - laying , nest - sitting dino- saurs captured the public's imagination . Andrews made the most of ...
... Flaming Cliffs egg - find , above all his discoveries , brought Andrews celebrity beyond even his fond expectations . The notion of egg - laying , nest - sitting dino- saurs captured the public's imagination . Andrews made the most of ...
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... Flaming Cliffs as lakeshore environment , Jaworowska speculated that the opponents " died as they fought . . . embedded in quicksand . " A nearby find of a Protoceratops skeleton , propped upright in the sand , further suggested to the ...
... Flaming Cliffs as lakeshore environment , Jaworowska speculated that the opponents " died as they fought . . . embedded in quicksand . " A nearby find of a Protoceratops skeleton , propped upright in the sand , further suggested to the ...
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... cliffs of Bayan Manduhu , they did much better . At that larger outcrop of the same formation that had yielded so many dinosaur fossils for Andrews further north at Mongolia's Flaming Cliffs , Currie and associates plumbed what proved ...
... cliffs of Bayan Manduhu , they did much better . At that larger outcrop of the same formation that had yielded so many dinosaur fossils for Andrews further north at Mongolia's Flaming Cliffs , Currie and associates plumbed what proved ...
Contents
The Truth About Dinosaurs | 15 |
Glossary of Essential Terms | 23 |
Approaching the Dinosaur Frontier | 27 |
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