The riddle of the dinosaurSketches the history of paleontology, traces the study of dinosaurs, and summarizes what we have learned about their lives and the reason for their extinction |
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| Title | The riddle of the dinosaur |
| Author | John Noble Wilford |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Knopf, 1985 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 2, 2009 |
| Length | 304 pages |
| Subjects | › › Nature / Animals / Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures Science / General |
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