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"Sixty-six millions years ago, the Earth's most fearsome creatures vanished. Today the dinosaurs remain one of our planet's great mysteries. Now The rise and fall of the dinosaurs reveals their thrilling, 200-million-year-long story as never before. Paleontologist Steve Brusatte masterfully brings to life the lost world of the dinosaurs, illuminating their enigmatic origins spectacular flourishing, astonishing diversity, cataclymic extinson and starting...
2) Fossil
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"Become an eyewitness to the natural treasures found in rocks in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a visual tour of all things fossils. Children will [examine] the bones, teeth, and plants from long ago that have all been turned to rock. This ... guide for kids aged 9+ gives an insight into how paleontologists learn about ancient life forms. Striking photographs, detailed diagrams, and lots of examples of fossils help you to learn...
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The fascinating saga of solving the mystery of this ancient animal who once roamed the north country-and has captivated our collective imagination ever since.
Today, we know that a mammoth is an extinct type of elephant that was covered with long fur and lived in the north country during the ice ages. But how do you figure out what a mammoth is if you have no concept of extinction, ice ages, or fossils? Long after the last mammoth died and was no...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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[2009], c1962
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IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Earth takes center stage in this updated version of Burton's 1962 classic. Told through five acts, Burton's art and text tell the history of Earth from beginning to present day. Readers will gain an in-depth understanding of the planet's history and their leading roles in it today. Includes updated information.
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Español
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Las claves científicas del fascinante mundo de la Paleontología de los dinosaurios. Su origen y descubrimiento, su evolución, extinción y el mundo en que vivían. Un recorrido exhaustivo por los interrogantes y temas más controvertidos, con rigor y amenidad teniendo en cuenta los descubrimientos y estudios científicos más recientes.
¿Qué hizo que los dinosaurios fuesen los amos de la tierra?, ¿Cuál es el eslabón perdido entre reptiles...
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Español
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Las respuestas de la ciencia a las preguntas fundamentales sobre el origen de la vida y el origen del ser humano. Desde las primeras bacterias -3.800 millones de años- y los primeros organismos, plantas y vertebrados, hasta la conquista de la tierra, la era de los dinosaurios, los mamíferos y la aparición de los homínidos en el mioceno hace 7 millones de años.
¿Son primas las ballenas y las vacas?, ¿Cómo eran las primeras formas de vida?,...
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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 dinosaurs unearthed by an eccentric Transylvanian baron; an aquatic, crocodile-snouted carnivore bigger than T. rex that once lurked in North African waterways; a...
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QEB Pub
Pub. Date
2008
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IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Describes dinosaurs from various parts of the world and what is known about how they hunted and fought with each other. Includes dinosaurs from the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods"--Provided by publisher.
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QEB Pub
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Describes dinosaur fossils that have been found around the world and what fossils can tell us about what dinosaurs ate. Includes dinosaurs from the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods"--Provided by publisher.
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Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2008
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IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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If you think today's insects are creepy, wait till you see what wriggled and slithered through the world hundreds of millions of years ago! Learn how insects survived catastrophic events that completely wiped out other creatures. See which of their strange adaptations can still be found in insects today. Grab your flyswatter and get ready for Paleo bugs!
20) Sea monsters
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QEB Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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Introduces the first animals of the sea, including the pterygotus, pteraspis, and megalodon; provides maps of where fossils of each have been found; and compares their size to man.