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Notebook (Dino)
- Dinosaurier Notizbuch, Notebook, Einschreibbuch, Tagebuch, Diary, Notes, Buch fur Notizen im praktischen Pocketformat, Urzeit, Godzilla, Monster, Saurier
(German, Paperback)
Theo Von Taane
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Discovery Miles 6 210
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As the Ice Age came to an end, North America lost a stunning
variety of animals. Mammoths, mastodons, ground-dwelling sloths the
size of elephants, beavers the size of bears, pronghorn antelope
the size of poodles, llamas, and carnivores to chase
them-sabertooth cats, dire wolves, American lions and cheetahs;
these and many more were gone by 10,000 years ago. Giant Sloths and
Sabertooth Cats surveys all these animals, with a particular focus
on the Great Basin. The book also explores the major attempts to
explain the extinctions. Because some believe that they were due to
the activities of human hunters, the author also reviews the
archaeological evidence left by the earliest known human occupants
of the Great Basin, showing that people were here at the same time
and in the same places as many of the extinct animals. Were these
animals abundant in the Great Basin? A detailed analysis of the
distinctive assemblages of plants that now live in this region
leads to a surprising, and perhaps controversial, conclusion about
those abundances.
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Hadrosaurs
(Hardcover)
David A. Eberth; Edited by David C. Evans; Contributions by Andrey Atuchin, Karl T. Bates, Paul M Barrett, …
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Discovery Miles 15 200
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Hadrosaurs--also known as duck-billed dinosaurs--are abundant in
the fossil record. With their unique complex jaws and teeth
perfectly suited to shred and chew plants, they flourished on Earth
in remarkable diversity during the Late Cretaceous. So ubiquitous
are their remains that we have learned more about dinosaurian
paleobiology and paleoecology from hadrosaurs than we have from any
other group. In recent years, hadrosaurs have been in the
spotlight. Researchers around the world have been studying new
specimens and new taxa seeking to expand and clarify our knowledge
of these marvelous beasts. This volume presents the results of an
international symposium on hadrosaurs, sponsored by the Royal
Tyrrell Museum and the Royal Ontario Museum, where scientists and
students gathered to share their research and their passion for
duck-billed dinosaurs. A uniquely comprehensive treatment of
hadrosaurs, the book encompasses not only the well-known
hadrosaurids proper, but also Hadrosaouroidea, allowing the former
group to be evaluated in a broader perspective. The 36 chapters are
divided into six sections--an overview, new insights into hadrosaur
origins, hadrosaurid anatomy and variation, biogeography and
biostratigraphy, function and growth, and preservation, tracks, and
traces--followed by an afterword by Jack Horner.
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