Dinosaur DigsThis 224-page title is a guide to the fossil remains of these perenially fascinating creatures in the USA and Canada. Ten informative essays present the science and history of palaeontology, as well as tips for rock hounds and descriptions of the countries' best dinosaur parks and fossil sites. Practical tips sections tell you how to join a dinosaur dig and give listings of museums, paleontology organizations and specialist resources. The work is lavishly illustrated with more than 250 spectacular photographs as well as nine specially commissioned maps. |
Contents
Bone Hunters | 28 |
Modern Paleontology | 36 |
Denver Museum of Natural History Colorado | 37 |
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Alberta Albertosaurus Allosaurus American Museum ancient animals Apatosaurus babies badlands beasts birds Bluff Camarasaurus Camptosaurus Canada Canyon carnivore cast claw Cleveland-Lloyd Coelophysis Colorado Como Bluff Cope creatures Cretaceous Devil's Coulee dinosaur bones dinosaur eggs dinosaur footprints dinosaur fossils Dinosaur National Monument Dinosaur Provincial Park Dinosaur Ridge dinosaur tracks Dinosaur Valley diorama Diplodocus discovery display Dry Mesa duckbilled Egg Mountain excavation exhibit extinction feet Forest fossil Geological Ghost Ranch giant Glen Rose hadrosaur herbivore hips Horner jaws Jurassic kinds of dinosaurs layers legs lizards look Maiasaura mammals Marsh Mexico miles million years ago Montana mounted Museum of Natural Natural History nearby nest North America opposite paleontologists Petrified plant eaters predator Quarry reptiles River rock Rockies Royal Tyrrell Museum sandstone sauropods scientists sediments Seismosaurus skeleton skull species specimens Stegosaurus Supersaurus tail teeth Texas theropod trackways Trail Triassic Triceratops Troödon Tyrannosaurus rex Utah Velociraptor vertebrae visitors