| Description |
xv, 242 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
"Originally published in Australia by University of New South Wales Press, 2016." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-230) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: A new golden age for dinosaur science -- Monster from the Cretaceous lagoon : the Sahara, Egypt -- All hail the dino-bat : Hebei Province, China -- Dwarf dinosaurs and trailblazing aristocrats : Transylvania, Romania -- Horny ornaments and sexy ceratopsians : Alberta, Canada -- The "unusual terrible hands" : Gobi Desert, Mongolia -- Scandalous behaviour and enfluffled vegetarians : Siberia, Russia -- Cretaceous creatures of the frozen north : Alaska, United States -- The hidden treasures down under : Lightning Ridge, Australia -- Record-breaking titans : Patagonia, Argentina -- Southern killers set adrift : Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar -- Polar pioneers and the frozen crested lizard : Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. |
| Subject |
Dinosaurs.
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Animals, Fossil.
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Paleontology.
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Paleontological excavations.
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| ISBN |
9780231180986 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0231180985 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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