African Dinosaurs Unearthed
The Tendaguru Expeditions
From 1907 to 1931 at Tendaguru, a remote site in present-day Tanzania, teams of German (and later British) paleontologists unearthed 220 tons of fossils, including the bones of a new dinosaur, one of the largest then known. For decades the mounted skeleton of this giant, Brachiosaurus, was the largest skeleton of a land animal on exhibit in the world. The dinosaur and other animal fossils found at Tendaguru form one of the cornerstones of our understanding of life in the Mesozoic era. Visited sporadically during the '30s and '40s, Tendaguru again became the site of scientific interest late in the 20th century. African Dinosaurs Unearthed tell…
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- ISBN: 978-0-253-00054-5
- EAN: 9780253000545
- Produktnummer: 21979662
- Verlag: Indiana University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 432 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 8'753 KB
- Abbildungen: 50 b&w photos, 7 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index
Über den Autor
Gerhard Maier has spent ten years working in archaeology and vertebrate paleontology. Formerly a technician at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, he now works as a data analyst for a major oil company. A lifelong interest in dinosaurs, travel, and history has culminated in this volume.
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