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Discovery Travel Adventure Dinosaur Digs (Discovery Travel Adventures)

by Blake Edgar

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This 224-page title is a guide to the fossil remains of these perenially fascinating creatures in the USA and Canada. Ten informative essays present the science and history of palaeontology, as well as tips for rock hounds and descriptions of the countries' best dinosaur parks and fossil sites. Practical tips sections tell you how to join a dinosaur dig and give listings of museums, paleontology organizations and specialist resources. The work is lavishly illustrated with more than 250 show more spectacular photographs as well as nine specially commissioned maps. show less

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Genres: Nonfiction, Kids, Science & Nature, Tween, Travel
DDC/MDS: 567.9 — Natural sciences & mathematics Fossils & Dinosaurs Fossil cold-blooded vertebrates Reptilia
LCC: QE862 .D5 .D49348 — Science Geology Geology Paleozoology

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Published: 1999
Genres: Nonfiction, Kids, Science & Nature, Tween, Travel
DDC/MDS: 567.9
LCC: QE862 .D5 .D49348

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