Edition |
First Pegasus Books cloth edition. |
Description |
460 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-447) and index. |
Contents |
Sleuthing dinosaurs -- These feet were made for walking, running, sitting, swimming, herding, and hunting -- The mystery of Lark Quarry -- Dinosaur nests and brining up babies -- Dinosaurs down underground -- Broken bones, toothmarks, and marks on teeth -- Why would a dinosaur eat a rock? -- The remains of the day : dinosaur vomit, stomach contents, feces, and other gut feelings -- The great Cretaceous walk -- Tracking the dinosaurs among us -- Dinosaurian landscapes and evolutionary traces. |
Summary |
Martin introduces readers to the world of ichnology, the study of traces and trace fossils -- such as tracks, trails, burrows, nests, toothmarks, and other vestiges of behavior -- and how through these remarkable clues, help scientists explore and intuit the rich and complicated lives of dinosaurs during the Mesozoic era. |
Subject |
Dinosaurs.
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Ichnology.
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Trace fossils.
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Paleontology -- Mesozoic.
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ISBN |
160598499X |
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9781605984995 |
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9781605987033 16.95 |
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1605987034 16.95 |
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