Dinosaurs

Among the exciting events in recent dinosaur paleontology has been the discovery of new dinosaur fossils in South America, many of which are markedly different from their cousins to the north. This book presents an up-to-date & comprehensive overview of the dinosaurs of South America. It reviews the dinosaur record in the region from Patagonia to Peru, discussing the anatomy, systematics, & evolution of these dinosaurs (and their immediate precursors) within both paleogeographic & paleoecological contexts.

"Palaeontology, the scientific study of fossils, has developed from a descriptive science to an analytical science used to interpret relationships between earth and life history. This book provides a comprehensive and thematic treatment of applied palaeontology, covering the use of fossils in the ordering of rocks in time and in space, in biostratigraphy, palaeobiology and sequence stratigraphy. Robert Wynn Jones presents a practical workflow for applied palaeontology, including sample acquisition, preparation and analysis, and interpretation and integration. He then presents numerous case studies that demonstrate the applicability and value of the subject to areas such as petroleum, mineral and coal exploration and exploitation, engineering geology and environmental science. Specialist applications outside of the geosciences (including archaeology, forensic science, medical palynology, entomopalynology and melissopalynology) are also addressed. Abundantly illustrated and referenced, Applications of Palaeontology provides a user-friendly reference for academic researchers and professionals across a range of disciplines and industry settings"--

The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah is the location of one of the best-known terrestrial records for the late Cretaceous. A major effort in the new century has documented over 2,000 new vertebrate fossil sites, provided new radiometric dates, and identified five new genera of ceratopsids, two new species of hadrosaur, a probable new genus of hypsilophodontid, new pachycephalosaurs and ankylosaurs, several kinds of theropods (including a new genus of oviraptor and a new tyrannosaur), plus the most complete specimen of a Late Cretaceous therizinosaur ever collected from North America, and much more. At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah documents this major stepping stone toward a synthesis of the ecology and evolution of the Late Cretaceous ecosystems of western North America.

From his stunning discovery of 'Tyrannosaurus rex' a hundred years ago to the dozens of other important new dinosaur species he found, Barnum Brown led a remarkable life (1873-1963) searching for fossils--and sometimes oil--in every corner of the globe. One of the most famous scientists in the world during his lifetime, Brown--who lived fast, dressed to the nines, gambled, drank, smoked, & was known as a ladies' man--became as legendary as the dinosaurs he uncovered. This book brushes off the loose sediment to reveal the man behind the legend.