THE COMPLETE T. REX. by John R. Horner and Don Lessem.
How discoveries change our understanding of the world's most famous dinosaur. Tells of fossil digs in Montana badlands and presents the step-by-step excavation and restoration of a T. Rex skeleton. Gives theories about what this dinosaur ate. View reconstruction of what T. Rex looked like as pictured by dinosaur artists. Based on fossils from plants and other sources, inferences are made of the dinosaur;s habitat and lifeways including eating and being eaten as well as reproduction. Photographs and color and black-and-white drawings, 237 pages.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-671-89164-2. 1993. Tops of back pages and cover bent. Order #: SISC1074 paper$15.00.
THE COMPLETE T. REX. by John R. Horner and Don Lessem.
How discoveries change our understanding of the world's most famous dinosaur. Tells of fossil digs in Montana badlands and presents the step-by-step excavation and restoration of a T. Rex skeleton. Gives theories about what this dinosaur ate. View reconstruction of what T. Rex looked like as pictured by dinosaur artists. Based on fossils from plants and other sources, inferences are made of the dinosaur;s habitat and lifeways including eating and being eaten as well as reproduction. Photographs and color and black-and-white drawings, 237 pages
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-671-74185-3. 1993. Order #: SISC3674 cloth$25.00.
DINOSAUR! by David Norman.
Account of the "terrible lizards that roamed the earth 160 million years ago. Presents theories on how dinosaurs lived and what led to their extinction. Tells of the time period when dinosaurs lived and what the Earth was like then and how the dinosaurs used its resources, various sizes and forms of these animals, even their locomotion as revealed by trackways where some seem to have walked side by side. Covers dinosaurs on land, in water, and overhead in the air. Fossil record is explained. Color and black-and-white photographs and drawings, 192 large-format pages, index.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-671-87472-1. 1991. Order #: PRHA6192 paper$15.00.
DINOSAURS: a guide to the amazing world of prehistoric animals. (Simon & Schuster Picture Pocket). by Michael Benton.
Child's guide to prehistoric
reptiles. Recounts how life began on Earth and provides an A to Z guide to favorite dinosaurs, plus a glimpse of the world before and after these creatures. Color illustrations, 96 pages, index.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-671-75999-X. 1992. Order #: SISC8349 paper$8.00.
DINOSAURS REDISCOVERED.
Lessem.
New findings which are revolutionizing dinosaur science.
Recently found fossils expand understanding, interpretations. Illustrated, 368 pages.
Inventory = 4.ISBN: 0-671-79715-8. Order #: SISC7707 paper$12.00.
#DIGGING UP DINOSAURS.
Horner.
Inventory =2.
ISBN: 978-1-56037-396-4.
Order #: FARC3137 paper$12.95.
DINOSAUR: the
Dinosaur National Monument quarry (UT). by Linda West & Dan Chure.
Fossil quarry plus geology of rocks and nature of dinosaurs contained in them. Discovery of this rich fossil bone deposit in Utah and early excavations. How the bones were deposited and preserved, the colossal beasts that were buried and revealed through painstaking toil to become displayed in international museums. How scattered bones and fragments are reassembled into once-living forms and speculation on the functions of ancient structures and how the dinosaurs "made their living" before their extinction. Color illustrations, 40 large-format
pages.
Inventory = 2. ISBN: None. 1994. Order #: DINO2313 paper$7.95.
DINOSAUR: the story behind the scenery (UT).
Hagood.
Fossil bones in fantastic quarry, river canyon,
wildlife, history of Utah/CO National park. 65 color photos, 48 large-format pages.
1972,1981.
Inventory = 5.
ISBN: 0-916122-10-7.
Order #: KCPU4006 paper$8.95.
EASY FIELD GUIDE TO
TRIASSIC, JURASSIC, & CRETACEOUS REPTILES & DINOSAURS OF ARIZONA. Tegowski.
Guide to Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous reptiles and dinosaurs that
roamed Arizona, with emphasis on the Mesozoic Era. Map of excavation sites
included. 32 little pages.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-935810-63-3. Order #: amtr7251 paper$3.95.
FOSSIL VERTEBRATES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. by Theodore Downs.
Purpose of this book is to aid in fossil identification--bones, teeth, or imprints, how to preserve a find, and to review the sequence of vertebrate life in time. Map shows localities where fossils have been found, and what to look for with diagrams and color plates of fossil parts.
Geologic eras are explained, a guide to what fossils what might be expected based on the age of rocks in a locality. 61 small pages.
Inventory = 8. ISBN: None. 1968. Order #: UNCA1520 paper$1.75.
FOSSILS: the greatest treasures that ever lived.
Daber & Helms.
Meanings of fossil
remains; unusual fossils and more significant "missing links". 166 photos, (46
in color).
Inventory = 4. ISBN: 0-86622-047-X.
Order #: TFHP4568 cloth$29.95.
AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO FOSSIL COLLECTING.
by Casanova & Ratkevich.
Beginning guide with
numerous and detailed accounts of fossil locations in US and Canada.
This easy to understand guide tells how fossils are classified, how to collect,
preserve, and mount specimens. Collecting sites given for each state. 200
illustrations, 128 pages. Out of print; we have 4 left.
Inventory = 4.
ISBN: 0-87961-113-8.
Order #: NAGR0968 paper$9.95
MAMMOTHS. by Adrian Lister and Paul Bahn.
Origins of the mammoths, unearthing their fossil remains, their natural history while they lived, their extinction, and with a guide to mammoth sites and finds. How fossils were preserved in nature and the animals and plants found with them. Includes rock art paintings that show human interaction with this immense species, which included large bones and tusks as supports for shelters and even for carving into figurines. Color photographs and maps and drawings, glossary, index, 168 large-format pages.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-02-572985-3. 1994.Order #: MACM8535 cloth$30.00.
OLD BONES AND SERPENT STONES: a guide to interpreted fossil localities in Canada and the Western United States--Volume 2: western sites. by T. Skywara.
Explains what fossils are, the life forms they represent, how they came to be preserved and types and forms of rocks in which they occur. Describes fossil localities which can be visited and understood by the public and indicates the time period in Earth's history--and therefore the types of fossils--represented at each site.
Details 45 sites with information on public use, educational resources, fossils that occur and how to see them. Photographs, drawings, maps, 309 pages.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-939923-09-2. 1992. Order #: MISC2733 paper$16.95.
PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK topographic map (AZ). US Geological Survey.
Arizona. Scale 1:50,000; contour interval 10 meters (approximately 33 feet). Map is 46" x 40". Shows park roads, terrain, vegetation, feature locations, Indian ruins. Shipped folded.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 35109-A7-PM-050. 1981. Order #: USGS8824 map$9.00.
PETRIFIED FOREST: the story behind the scenery (AZ).
Ash & May.
Stone trees of ancient forest, now opalized; wildlife, Indian ruins. 33 color photos, 32 large-format pages.
Inventory = 90. ISBN: None. 1981.
Order #: PEFO1086 paper$4.95.
PETRIFIED FOREST: the story behind the scenery (AZ). Ash.
Explains origins of stone
logs, limbs, roots scattered in whole sections or pieces across this desert
landscape, plus animal fossils of the region. 48 large-format pages, color
illustrations.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: None.
1990. Ninth printing. Order #: KCPU4867 paper$8.95.
PETRIFIED FOREST IN PICTURES: the continuing story (AZ). Bowmans.
Extended captions
explain the unusual opalized fossil logs of this desert national park; includes
animal fossils also discovered here and ancient Indian sites plus desert plants
and animals. 48 large-format pages, color illustrations.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-88714-056-4. 1991. First printing. Order #: KCPU4873 paper$8.95.
PREHISTORIC AMERICA: a journey through the Ice Age and beyond. by Miles Barton, Nigel Bean, Stephen Dunleavy, Ian Gray, Adam White.
Authors take a journey back to the time when human beings first arrived in North America 13,000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age. Their survey spans from icy Arctic to tropical Florida swamps when wildlife was more spectacular and varied in our region than it is today. In their book they travel the continent by region introducing beasts including ground sloths, glyptodonts, mastodonts, mammoths, saber-toothed and scimitar-toothed cats, and the short-faced bear. Alongside these now-lost creatures were lions, cheetahs, zebras, and camels also now lost. Many species from that time, however, persist such as caribou, grizzly bears, eagles, salmon, bison, coyotes, prairie dogs, condors, alligators, and jaguars. Evidence for this animal assemblage is provided from fossil bone deposits and inferences are made on how the animals lived, some feeding on plants and some on each other. The arrival of humans is also presented, and their potential effect on the life forms already present. Color photographs, maps, 192 large-format pages, index.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-30-09819-7. 2002. Yale University Press. Order #: MISC2707 cloth$29.95.
PREHISTORIC LIFE: the rise of the vertebrates.
by David Norman.
Traces emergence of life from earliest complex organisms to rise of
mammals (including humans), scientific theories on origins of life, environmental changes that influenced
evolution. Discusses the preservation, discovery, and interpretation of fossils and relates them to time periods on Earth as well as to the shifting positions of the continents. Tells of the development of special organs such as ears and lungs and presents those species that have more of the characteristics of modern humans as well as some of the cultural traits of our species. Includes section on further reading. Color photos and drawings, 246 large-format pages, index. See sample pages, illustrations.
Inventory = 1.
ISBN: 0-671-79940-1. 1994.
Order #: MACM8538 cloth w/dust jacket$30.00.
TRACKING DINOSAURS IN THE WESTERN US (A
TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO). (Rocky Mountain Traveler Guidebook). by Bill Panczner.
The Rocky Mountains
and surrounding areas contain some of the biggest and best preserved dinosaur
remains on earth. This book describes the types that have been found, where they
were located, and the museums that display them. 48 pages.
Inventory = 3. ISBN: 1-55838-149-X. Order #: amtr7602 paper$6.95.
THE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS OF EL MALPAIS: a guide to the volcanic history and formations of
El Malpais National Monument (NM). by Mayberry, Moore, and Hon.
Authors from U.S Geological Survey describe activity of nearly 100 eruptions of major craters, when lava tubes, cinder cones, and lava flows spewed onto the landscape times in times that predated Native Americans. This is a visitor's guide, hiking guide, and geological guide to exploring these features within this western New Mexico national park area. Maps, diagrams, color illustrations, index, 93 pages.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 978-1-58096-00-7. 1999. Ancient City Press Order #: GISM1867 paper$11.95.
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