| Edition |
First Pegasus Books cloth edition. |
| Description |
460 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-447) and index. |
| Contents |
Sleuthing dinosaurs -- These feet were made for walking, running, sitting, swimming, herding, and hunting -- The mystery of Lark Quarry -- Dinosaur nests and bringing up babies -- Dinosaurs down underground -- Broken bones, toothmarks, and marks on teeth -- Why would a dinosaur eat a rock? -- The remains of the day : dinosaur vomit, stomach contents, feces, and other gut feelings -- The great Cretaceous walk -- Tracking the dinosaurs among us -- Dinosaurian landscapes and evolutionary traces. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Dinosaurs.
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Dinosaurs. |
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Ichnology.
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Ichnology. |
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Trace fossils.
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Trace fossils. |
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Paleontology -- Mesozoic.
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Paleontology. |
| Chronological Term |
Mesozoic |
| Subject |
Mesozoic Geologic Period. |
| Chronological Term |
From 65 to 230 million years ago |
| Added Title |
Dinosaur Lives Revealed by Their Trace Fossils |
| ISBN |
9781605984995 |
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160598499X |
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