paleontology

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paleontology

When mammoths walked the earth

2002
Describes the physical characteristics, known habits, and fossil sites of mammoths, prehistoric animals closely related to the elephant.

Dinosaur parents, dinosaur young

uncovering the mystery of dinosaur families
2001
Describes the parental relationship between adult dinosaurs and their young.

Fossil feud

the rivalry of the first American dinosaur hunters
1998
Relates the life stories of two nineteenth-century American dinosaur paleontologists and gives details of the bitter feud that existed between them.

The search for dinosaurs

1995
Lets the reader in on the discovery of some of the first dinosaurs and discusses many other dinosaur facts from a paleontologist's point of view.

The search for Seismosaurus

the world's longest dinosaur
1993
Documents the discovery and excavation of Seismosaurus, the longest dinsoaur ever found, and reconstructs its appearance and habitat.

Dinosaur Mountain

graveyard of the past
1989
Discusses the latest information available on dinosaurs, especially the discoveries made at Dinosaur National Monument in Utah.

Dougal Dixon's dinosaurs

1993
The life and times of dinosaurs, from their evolution to the present-day discovery of their fossils.

Digging up Tyrannosaurus rex

1992
Describes the discovery and excavation of the world's only complete Tyrannosaurus fossil in Montana, and what was learned from it.

The monsters who died

a mystery about dinosaurs
1983
Discusses the methods used by paleontologists to decipher clues found in ancient bones and fossils which provide our only means of learning how dinosaurs lived and then became extinct.

Mary's monster

1975
A brief biography of the English girl whose discovery of an Ichthyosaurus skeleton in 1811 when she was twelve led to a life-long interest in fossils and other important discoveries.

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