Dinosaurs Without Bones
eBook - ePub

Dinosaurs Without Bones

Dinosaur Lives Revealed by Their Trace Fossils

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Dinosaurs Without Bones

Dinosaur Lives Revealed by Their Trace Fossils

About this book

"[Bubbling] over with the joy of scientific discovery.... Great fun for anyone looking to revive their childhood dinosaur obsessions." — Publishers Weekly, starred review What if we woke up one morning all of the dinosaur bones in the world were gone? How would we know these iconic animals had a 165-million year history on earth, and had adapted to all land-based environments from pole to pole? What clues would be left to discern not only their presence, but also to learn about their sex lives, raising of young, social lives, combat, and who ate who? What would it take for us to know how fast dinosaurs moved, whether they lived underground, climbed trees, or went for a swim?
Welcome to the world of ichnology, the study of traces and trace fossils—such as tracks, trails, burrows, nests, toothmarks, and other vestiges of behavior—and how through these remarkable clues, we can explore and intuit the rich and complicated lives of dinosaurs. With a unique, detective-like approach, interpreting the forensic clues of these long-extinct animals that leave a much richer legacy than bones, Martin brings the wild world of the Mesozoic to life for the twenty-first-century reader.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. CHAPTER 1 Sleuthing Dinosaurs
  6. CHAPTER 2 These Feet Were Made for Walking, Running, Sitting, Swimming, Herding, and Hunting
  7. CHAPTER 3 The Mystery of Lark Quarry
  8. CHAPTER 4 Dinosaur Nests and Bringing Up Babies
  9. CHAPTER 5 Dinosaurs Down Underground
  10. CHAPTER 6 Broken Bones, Toothmarks, and Marks on Teeth
  11. CHAPTER 7 Why Would a Dinosaur Eat a Rock?
  12. CHAPTER 8 The Remains of the Day: Dinosaur Vomit, Stomach Contents, Feces, and Other Gut Feelings
  13. CHAPTER 9 The Great Cretaceous Walk
  14. CHAPTER 10 Tracking the Dinosaurs Among Us
  15. CHAPTER 11 Dinosaurian Landscapes and Evolutionary Traces
  16. Notes
  17. Acknowledgments
  18. Index
  19. Image Gallery
  20. Copyright