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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... Gobi . Andrews was pushing a long shot . He had seen promising - looking outcrops for fossils while hunting for game in the Gobi . But the Gobi was a little - explored wilderness that had turned out , to his day , but one fossil - the ...
... Gobi . Andrews was pushing a long shot . He had seen promising - looking outcrops for fossils while hunting for game in the Gobi . But the Gobi was a little - explored wilderness that had turned out , to his day , but one fossil - the ...
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... Gobi , unearthing several well - preserved large - dinosaur skeletons . Among them was a giant predator astonishingly like the North American behemoth Tyrannosaurus rex , and one of the largest of the duckbills , belonging to a genus ...
... Gobi , unearthing several well - preserved large - dinosaur skeletons . Among them was a giant predator astonishingly like the North American behemoth Tyrannosaurus rex , and one of the largest of the duckbills , belonging to a genus ...
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... Gobi were oversimplified . In the southwest Gobi , Kielan - Jaworowska found two younger for- mations than that of the Flaming Cliffs , and more evidence Andrews may have been off - line on his ideas of dinosaur origins . While only ...
... Gobi were oversimplified . In the southwest Gobi , Kielan - Jaworowska found two younger for- mations than that of the Flaming Cliffs , and more evidence Andrews may have been off - line on his ideas of dinosaur origins . While only ...
Contents
The Truth About Dinosaurs | 15 |
Glossary of Essential Terms | 23 |
Approaching the Dinosaur Frontier | 27 |
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