The Riddle of the DinosaurThe most pressing unanswered riddles about the great reptiles that ruled the Earth for 160 million years and then vanished 65 million years ago are discussed in this book, along with such other contemporary paleontological issues as the origin of flight, whether dinosaurs were cold- or warm-blooded and the extent to which their infant care approached that of mammals. |
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Contents
Time in Utah | 3 |
Discovery of Time | 35 |
A Name for a Phenomenon | 56 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Riddle of the Dinosaur Borzoi book |
| Author | John Noble Wilford |
| Illustrated by | Doug Henderson |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Knopf, 1985 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 2, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0394527631, 9780394527635 |
| Length | 304 pages |
| Subjects | › Science / General |
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