| Description |
xiv, 176 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-168) and index. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Fossils, Strata, and Time -- Ch. 2. The Deep Past: New Jersey Before the Dinosaurs -- Ch. 3. Who Are the Dinosaurs? -- Ch. 4. New Jersey: Birthplace of American Dinosaur Paleontology -- Ch. 5. The Earliest Dinosaurs -- Ch. 6. Heyday of the Dinosaurs -- Ch. 7. Cretaceous Sea Life -- Ch. 8. The Last Dinosaurs -- Ch. 9. The Great Extinction -- Ch. 10. After the Dinosaurs -- App. A. Where to See Dinosaurs and Other Fossils in and around New Jersey -- App. B. Methods for Studying Dinosaur Footprints -- App. C. How to Find Fossils in New Jersey. |
| Summary |
When Dinosaurs Roamed New Jersey provides a succinct and readable history of the geology and paleontology of New Jersey from the time the region was covered by Cambrian seas 543 million years ago to the Pleistocene Ice Age only 10 to 15,000 years ago. William Gallagher tells the stories of professional and amateur fossil hunters, their discoveries, and their impact on the history of paleontological thought. He points out places in New Jersey and nearby where specimens. |
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Characteristic of each era can be found. He shows how fossil evidence discovered in the state is helping paleontologists reconstruct the ecological interactions and behavior of dinosaurs, and discusses such continuing scientific controversies as the reason for the extinction of the dinosaurs. From tracking dinosaur footprints across the Newark basin, to digging for the last dinosaurs in the greensands of South Jersey, this book is the ideal introduction to the Garden. |
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State's fossils and prehistory. |
| Subject |
Dinosaurs -- New Jersey.
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Dinosaurs. |
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New Jersey. |
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Fossils -- New Jersey.
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Fossils. |
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Geology -- New Jersey.
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Geology. |
| ISBN |
0813523486 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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9780813523484 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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0813523494 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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9780813523491 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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