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82) Sky terrors
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Pub
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes flying dinosaurs in simple text and colorful pictures.
Author
Publisher
Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
256 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Paleontology meets pop culture in a young author's journey into the lives of dinosaurs"--
A regular columnist for Smithsonian and Wired questions our long-held beliefs about dinosaurs and presents the latest scientific findings on what colors they really were, how they got so big and how they actually may have died out.
Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
viii, 389 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Every fossil tells a story. Prothero recounts the adventures behind the discovery of twenty-five famous, beautifully preserved fossils and explains their significance within the larger fossil record, creating a riveting history of life on our planet.
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the discovery of Lyuba, a perfectly preserved baby mammoth discovered along a river in Siberia 31,000 years after her birth, and offers a glimpse into her prehistoric world.
88) Jurassic World
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
DVD and Blu-ray.
Physical Desc
1 DVD and 1 Blu-ray (124 minutes) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
Twenty-two years following the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now includes a completely functioning dinosaur theme park, as once envisioned by John Hammond. After ten years of operation and decline in visitors, a unique attraction is designed to ignite visitor's interest, which fails horribly.
Author
Publisher
Smithsonian Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
When dinosaurs roamed the Earth, lesser known but equally fearsome creatures commanded the sea. Naish takes readers for a dive into prehistoric waters, in order to discover extraordinary sea creatures who reigned supreme in the ocean for 150 million years. You'll discover apex predators, evolutionary anomalies, survivors of extinction events, and scientific theories and contentions that have arisen in the complex history of sea reptile research. --...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Physical Desc
460 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Martin introduces readers to the world of ichnology, the study of traces and trace fossils -- such as tracks, trails, burrows, nests, toothmarks, and other vestiges of behavior -- and how through these remarkable clues, help scientists explore and intuit the rich and complicated lives of dinosaurs during the Mesozoic era.
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
127 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 36 cm
Language
English
Description
"Kids will explore the world of dinosaurs in this new atlas, featuring T. Rex, Spinosaurus, Triceratops, Diplodocus, Brontosaurus, and more, covering ancient Pangaea to the modern-day continents and such topics as fossils and prehistoric landscapes."--
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"This illustrated volume is a journey through more than two centuries of remarkable discovery. Books on dinosaurs are usually arranged by classification or epoch, but this unique work tells the story chronologically, in order of the key finds that shaped our understanding and brought these creatures to life for the public. From the fragmentary remains of giant extinct animals found in the early 1800s, to the dinosaur wars in the American West to the...
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This videodisc takes an unprecedented and unique journey into the world of the largest known dinosaurs and, in the process, explores some of the great paleontological discoveries of modern time.
Author
Publisher
Firefly Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
256 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Eldredge's groundbreaking work is now accepted as the definitive statement of how life as we know it evolved on Earth. This book chronicles how Eldredge made his discoveries and traces the history of life through the lenses of paleontology, geology, ecology, anthropology, biology, genetics, zoology, mammalogy, herpetology, entomology and botany. While rigorously accurate, the text is accessible, engaging and free of jargon.
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (approximately 1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Recent investigations hint at episodes in the history of life on Earth that rival the most imaginative movies. For example: Could our planet have been seeded with life from elsewhere? Did the development of life create conditions that threatened to poison the biosphere? How have natural forces conspired, over and over, to remove most traces of life from the planet? And how has life itself responded with determination to survive and thrive in a multitude...
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