Dinosaur impressions : postcards from a paleontologist / Philippe Taquet ; translated by Kevin Padian.

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Taquet, Philippe [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Description
xi, 244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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    Summary note
    Takes the reader on a surprisingly far-flung tour ranging from the Provence countryside to the Niger desert in search of dinosaur bones and what they have to tell us about a vanished world.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-237) and index.
    Contents
    • 1. Gadoufaoua: In the Sands of the Tenere
    • 2. The Ouranosaurus; or, How to Bring a Dinosaur Back to Life
    • 3. Tracking the Dinosaurs
    • 4. Many Crocodiles, One Continent
    • 5. In Morocco with the Giants of the Atlas
    • 6. In the Steppes of Central Asia
    • 7. A Bone Hunter in Laos
    • 8. Across Europe with the Dinosaurs
    • 9. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurian Empire
    • Afterword / Philippe Taquet and Kevin Padian.
    ISBN
    • 0521583721 ((hb))
    • 9780521583725 ((hb))
    • 0521779308
    • 9780521779302
    LCCN
    98011560
    OCLC
    38535935
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