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Pineapple Press
Description
Updated directions (with maps) on where and how to hunt for fossils in the Sunshine State. Complete photo identification section and insightful comments on the history of the fossil treasures you'll uncover. A great gift for serious or beginning archaeologists. Paintings by Chris Kreider; photos by the author.
4) Fossil
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Packed with striking photography, Eyewitness Fossil explores the creatures and plants that lived long ago. Become an eyewitness to the natural treasures found in rocks in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a visual tour of all things fossils.
6) Fossil fever
Author
Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Jeff must learn patience when he accompanies his uncle on an expedition to hunt for dinosaur fossils in the Sahara Desert. Based on the real discovery of Afrovenator by Paul Sereno in 1993.
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"The author of the best-selling Your Inner Fish, now gives us a lively and accessible account of the great transformations in the history of life, that enable us to further understand whether our presence on this planet is an accident or inevitable. The great transformations in the history of life brought about whole scale shifts in how animals live and how their bodies are organized: the evolution of fish to land-living creature, the origin of birds,...
12) Explore fossils!
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Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Introduces the history of life on Earth as revealed by fossils, teaching how fossils form and about the different types of fossils and the world of long ago, its landscape, and the plants and animals that lived then.
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Pub. Date
2023
Description
70 million years ago in what will one day become Mongolia, a successor to Velociraptor faces struggle after struggle. Times have grown cold and her eggs need constant care, and constant guard. How does a wolf sized raptor survive in the shadows of giants? How does she adapt to changing climates or circumstance? And what happens when a threat from her own past finds her new homestead? Find out in the story, and then find out the science behind the...
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Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
2022
Description
"Set off on an amazing adventure into the prehistoric past when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Fossils for Kids is filled with fascinating photographs and captivating facts that will teach junior fossil hunters ages 5 to 9 how fossils form, where they are found, and tips on how to identify them. Start by learning more about some of your favorite dinosaurs--from Velociraptor to Tyrannosaurus rex--and where you can see the coolest dinosaur skeletons. Then...
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Publisher
University Press of Florida
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Written primarily for the avid amateur and beginning paleontologist, What Your Fossils Can Tell You offers both experienced and novice fossil hunters and collectors the information needed to correctly identify and interpret the significance of their discoveries. Professionals in the field may also use this book as a pictorial resource to assist them in bridging the fields of pathology and archaeology as they relate to paleontology. Amateur fossil...
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