Download or read book Triassic Ichthyosauria written by John Campbell Merriam and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Reptiles of California written by Richard Hilton and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-08-29 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most geologically complex and diverse states, California spent much of the age of dinosaurs under water. While most of the fossils found in the state are those of reptiles that lived in the sea (thalattosaurs, ichthyosaurs, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, and turtles), some are those of birds and pterosaurs that soared above it. Other fossils come from terrestrial animals that died and were washed into the ocean. These include turtles, crocodiles, lizards, and dinosaurs such as armored ankylosaurs, duck-billed hadrosaurs, and a variety of carnivorous dinosaurs. Richard Hilton is the first to tell the unsung story of the dinosaurs and reptiles of land, sea, and sky that lived in California and Baja California during the Mesozoic era (245 million-65 million years ago), in addition to the history of their discovery. Vibrantly illustrated with more than three hundred photographs, paintings, and drawings, this book provides geological and environmental details, describes the significance of the major fossils, and chronicles the adventures involved in the discovery, preparation, and publishing of the finds. Hilton also includes accounts of the scientists, teachers, students, ranchers, and weekend fossil hunters who endured (and continue to endure) harsh weather, fires, wild animals, and the usual challenges of fieldwork to collect fossil remains and make major discoveries. These enthusiasts managed to safeguard an abundance of fossil resources, some of which would otherwise have been destroyed by quarrying, paving, and housing developments. Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Reptiles of California takes this legacy one step further by documenting information about the fossils and their finders in accessible prose and vivid artistic renderings, creating a valuable contribution to our understanding of California’s prehistoric past.
Download or read book Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Ancient Marine Reptiles written by Jack M. Callaway and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1997-03-12 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vertebrate evolution has led to the convergent appearance of many groups of originally terrestrial animals that now live in the sea. Among these groups are familiar mammals like whales, dolphins, and seals. There are also reptilian lineages (like plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, mosasaurs, thalattosaurs, and others) that have become sea creatures. Most of these marine reptiles, often wrongly called "dinosaurs", are extinct. This edited book is devoted to these extinct groups of marine reptiles. These reptilian analogs represent useful models of the myriad adaptations that permit tetrapods to live in the ocean. - First book in more than 80 years devoted exclusively to fossil marine reptiles - Documents the most current research on extinct marine reptiles - Prepared by the world's most prominent experts in the field - Well illustrated
Download or read book Mineral Analyses from the Laboratories of the United States Geological Survey 1880 to 1903 written by Frank Wigglesworth Clarke and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nature and Science on the Pacific Coast written by American Association for the Advancement of Science. Pacific Coast Committee and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Pacific Coast region of the United States contains many distinctive natural features and much unique material for scientific research. Many of the problems presented here are peculiar to the West, but in their larger aspects they have a significant bearing upon fundamental questions of world-wide concern both in the field of natural science and in the relation of these problems to the affairs of men. However interesting western materials may be, the traveler wishing to know of them has little time for study, and sources of information which might be used are frequently scattered and inaccessible. Recognizing the need for ready information on nature and science in the West, the Pacific Coast Committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science has considered it desirable in this year of the two expositions celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal to bring together in hand-book form concise data upon matters of general interest for the use of travelers in this region. A special committee was appointed to assemble the material and to enlist the assistance of men well informed upon the subjects to be discussed. The descriptions contained in this book have been prepared with care by specialists, and the volume is addressed to all travelers in the West who wish to know the significant features of the land through which they pass."-- c taken from Introductory Note, page v.
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Download or read book Memoirs of the University of California written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Studies on the Mesozoic of Sonora and adjacent areas written by César Jacques-Ayala and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fossilium Catalogus written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Economic Geology of the Amity Quadrangle Eastern Washington County Pennsylvania written by Frederick Gardner Clapp and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bibliography of the Published Writings of Henry Fairfield Osborn for the Years 1877 1915 written by Harriet Ernestine Ripley and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bibliography and Index of North American Geology Paleontology Petrology and Mineralogy for 1892 and 1893 1894 1899 1901 l904 written by Fred Boughton Weeks and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fossil Record 4 written by Robert M. Sullivan and published by New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. This book was released on 2015 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Triassic of the American West written by Spencer G. Lucas and published by New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
