Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
x, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-353) and index. |
Contents |
1. Dinosaur dreamer -- 2. The canyon of time -- 3. Early expedition -- 4. The plateau of the dragons -- 5. The rookies -- 6. Journey of death -- 7. The paleontological chain gang -- 8. Red rocks -- 9. Back to the bones -- 10. The pits -- 11. The age of mammals revisited -- 12. Road cuts and fossil vermin -- 13. Badlands, bones, and bone hunters -- 14. Hell Creek is for dinosaurs -- 15. The curious beasts of old Baja -- 16. Baking below the buttes -- 17. Whales on mountaintops -- 18. A man and his horse -- 19. Pampa Castillo -- 20. Bone hunters in Patagonia -- 21. Above the clouds and the condors -- 22. The land of Sheba -- 23. To the foot of the flaming cliffs -- 24. The cretaceous cornucopia -- 25. Last Chance Canyon. |
Subject |
Novacek, Michael J.
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Paleontology -- Fieldwork.
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Paleontologists -- United States -- Biography.
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ISBN |
0374278806 hardcover alkaline paper |
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