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This handsome book addresses the questions of what the fossil record tells us about the evolution and extinction of dinosaurs, what their relationship to the rest of the organic world was, and what we can learn from them about our own place in the history of life on our planet. This edition has been updated throughout, with a new final chapter that details exciting recent discoveries such as the feathered dinosaur fossils in China.
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About the Author
Mark A. Norell, Chairman of the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Museum of Natural History, has been co-leader of the Museum's Gobi Desert yearly expeditions since 1990, in the course of which he has discovered fossil remains of a number of new species of dinosaurs, a dinosaur nesting its eggs, and a unique dinosaur embryo. Eugene S. Gaffney is Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Museum. He is one of the world's leading specialists on fossil turtles. Lowell Dingus is director of the Museum's Fossil Halls renovation. He has served as head geologist on the Gobi Desert expeditions.
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"Handsomely illustrated by 167 photos and maps, some in color, this volume takes us into a new world of dinosaurs. . . . The authors discuss the evolutionary relationships of dinosaurs and list a phylogenetic classification, which includes modern birds. A section of questions and answers ranging in topic from such physical characteristics as size, skin and teeth to preparation and assembly of specimens prepares us for the exhibits that follow. Here are descriptions of 41 dinosaurs, plus their tracks and eggs. The final section describes five museum expeditions."--"Publishers Weekly"
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- PublisherUniversity of California Press
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0520225015
- ISBN 13 9780520225015
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages239
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