| Description |
xv, 242 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Date of publication: April 2017 (Publisher's website) |
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"First published in Australia by NewSouth, an imprint of UNSW Press Ltd [2016]"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
World map -- Foreword / by Philip Currie -- Introduction: A new golden age for dinosaur science -- Monster from the Cretaceous lagoon : the Sahara, Egypt -- All hail the dino-bat : Hebei Province, China -- Dwarf dinosaurs and trailblazing aristocrats : Transylvania, Romania -- Horny ornaments and sexy ceratopsians : Alberta, Canada -- The 'unusual terrible hands' : Gobi Desert, Mongolia -- Scandalous behaviour and enfluffled vegetarians : Siberia, Russia -- Cretaceous creatures of the frozen north : Alaska, United States -- The hidden treasures Down Under : Lightning Ridge, Australia -- Record-breaking titans : Patagonia, Argentina -- Southern killers set adrift : Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar -- Polar pioneers and the frozen crested lizard : Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica -- Future potential. |
| Subject |
Dinosaurs.
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Animals, Fossil.
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Paleontology.
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Paleontological excavations.
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Animals, Fossil. (OCoLC)fst00809599
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Dinosaurs. (OCoLC)fst00893996
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Paleontological excavations. (OCoLC)fst01051509
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Paleontology. (OCoLC)fst01051513
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Pickrell, John. Weird dinosaurs. New York : Columbia University Press, [2017] 9780231543392 (DLC) 2016059780 |
| ISBN |
9780231180986 (cloth ;) (alk. paper) |
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0231180985 (cloth ;) (alk. paper) |
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9780231543392 (e-book ;) (alk. paper) |
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