Jurassic West, Second Edition: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World

Author:   John Foster ,  Dale A. Russell
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Edition:   second edition
ISBN:  

9780253051578


Pages:   560
Publication Date:   20 October 2020
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Hardback
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Jurassic West, Second Edition: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World


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Author:   John Foster ,  Dale A. Russell
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Edition:   second edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.696kg
ISBN:  

9780253051578


ISBN 10:   0253051576
Pages:   560
Publication Date:   20 October 2020
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Dale Russell Preface Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1 Rainbow Country: An Introduction to Morrison Formation Geology 2 Setting the Stage: Vertebrates and the Jurassic World 3 The Start of it All: The Morrison Vertebrates Come to Light 4 Renaissance: The Picture Fills In 5 Fins, Scales, and Wings: The Morrison Menagerie, Part I 6 Gargantuan to Minuscule: The Morrison Menagerie, Part II 7 The Mess and the Magic: Vertebrate Paleoecology of the Morrison Formation 8 Many Rivers to Cross: A Late Jurassic Journey across the Morrison Floodplain Epilogue: The Morrison Fauna in World Context Appendix A Appendix B Glossary Notes References Index

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This book makes the discovery and science of dinosaurs easily accessible to a variety of audiences with differing backgrounds. --Samantha Sands American Paleontologist A very well-written book. The prose flows easily; it is hard to stop reading once one starts. The presentation of scientific information is excellent. Rather than creating a synthesized story, Foster presents material in its true complexity without resorting to annoying speculation.... There is much to be learned from reading this book... Recommended. --Choice ... a valuable reference for Morrison specialists. It is a comprehensive, logically structured, well-illustrated, and extremely well-written book.... Foster's ability to incorporate such a large body of information, and yet make it accessible, interesting, and useful to a wide variety of readers, is a remarkable achievement. --Jeffrey Martz Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology


Author Information

John Foster is a paleontologist at the Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum in Vernal, Utah. He has conducted fieldwork and research in the Morrison Formation throughout the Rocky Mountain region for 30 years, starting while a graduate student at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and the University of Colorado, Boulder. He previously worked as executive director of the Moab Museum in Moab, Utah, and curator of paleontology at the Museums of Western Colorado in Fruita, Colorado. He is also author of Cambrian Ocean World: Ancient Sea Life of North America. 

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