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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... Montana State University in Bozeman offered Horner the opportunity to return to Montana , as an assistant curator of the Mu- seum of the Rockies , at a very modest salary . He eagerly took the post and remains a curator at the museum ...
... Montana State University in Bozeman offered Horner the opportunity to return to Montana , as an assistant curator of the Mu- seum of the Rockies , at a very modest salary . He eagerly took the post and remains a curator at the museum ...
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... Montana . The challenge of discerning those patterns brought to- gether a paleontologist from Montana and another from Ohio , putting Jack Horner and Dave Weishampel within one hundred miles and a few million years of each other in ...
... Montana . The challenge of discerning those patterns brought to- gether a paleontologist from Montana and another from Ohio , putting Jack Horner and Dave Weishampel within one hundred miles and a few million years of each other in ...
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... Montana . " Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia 138 , no . 2 ( 1986 ) . Fiorillo , Anthony R. " Significance of Juvenile Dinosaurs from Careless Creek Quarry , Wheatland County , Montana . " Fourth Symposium on ...
... Montana . " Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia 138 , no . 2 ( 1986 ) . Fiorillo , Anthony R. " Significance of Juvenile Dinosaurs from Careless Creek Quarry , Wheatland County , Montana . " Fourth Symposium on ...
Contents
The Truth About Dinosaurs | 15 |
Glossary of Essential Terms | 23 |
Approaching the Dinosaur Frontier | 27 |
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