Time Traveler: In Search of Dinosaurs and Other Fossils from Montana to Mongolia"A superb introduction to paleontology as it really is and how it is done, from fish to dinosaur, bird, and mammal." —Edward O. Wilson Michael Novacek, a renowned paleontologist who has discovered important fossils on virtually every continent, is an authority on patterns of evolution and on the relationships among extinct and extant organisms. Time Traveler is his captivating account of how his boyhood enthusiasm for dinosaurs became a lifelong commitment to vanguard science. Novacek writes of the alluring perils of fieldwork with affection and discernment, and he illuminates the most exciting issues in paleontology today. |
Contents
1 DINOSAUR DREAMER | 3 |
2 THE CANYON OF TIME | 12 |
3 EARLY EXPEDITIONS | 25 |
4 THE PLATEAU OF THE DRAGONS | 35 |
5 THE ROOKIES | 51 |
6 JOURNEY OF DEATH | 57 |
7 THE PALEONTOLOGICAL CHAIN GANG | 66 |
8 RED ROCKS | 82 |
17 WHALES ON MOUNTAINTOPS | 182 |
18 A MAN AND HIS HORSE | 196 |
19 PAMPA CASTILLO | 211 |
20 BONE HUNTERS IN PATAGONIA | 224 |
21 ABOVE THE CLOUDS AND THE CONDORS | 234 |
22 THE LAND OF SHEBA | 250 |
23 TO THE FOOT OF THE FLAMING CLIFFS | 278 |
24 THE CRETACEOUS CORNUCOPIA | 293 |
9 BACK TO THE BONES | 89 |
10 THE PITS | 95 |
11 THE AGE OF MAMMALS REVISITED | 104 |
12 ROAD CUTS AND FOSSIL VERMIN | 113 |
13 BADLANDS BONES AND BONE HUNTERS | 123 |
14 HELL CREEK IS FOR DINOSAURS | 136 |
15 THE CURIOUS BEASTS OF OLD BAJA | 152 |
16 BAKING BELOW THE BUTTES | 164 |
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