Weird dinosaurs /

"From the outback of Australia to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and the savanna of Madagascar, the award-winning science writer and dinosaur enthusiast John Pickrell embarks on a world tour of new finds, meeting the fossil hunters who work at the frontier of discovery. He reveals the dwarf dinosa...

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Hlavní autor: Pickrell, John (Autor)
Médium: E-kniha
Jazyk:English
Vydáno:New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
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  • 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.