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003 ISI Library, Kolkata
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008 101210s2011 mdua b 001 0 eng
020 _a9781421400273 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 _aISI Library
082 0 0 _223
_a567.9094984
_bW427
100 1 _aWeishampel, David B.
245 1 0 _aTransylvanian dinosaurs /
_cDavid B. Weishampel and Coralia-Maria Jianu.
260 _aBaltimore :
_bJohns Hopkins University Press,
_cc2011.
300 _axiv, 301 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 241-290) and index.
505 0 _aCHAPTER 1. Bringing it all back home -- CHAPTER 2. Dinosauria of Transylvania -- CHAPTER 3. Pterosaurs, crocs, and mammals, oh my -- CHAPTER 4. Living on the edge -- CHAPTER 5. Little giants and big dwarfs -- CHAPTER 6. Living fossils and their ghosts -- CHAPTER 7. Transylvania, the land of contingency -- CHAPTER 8. Alice and the end. Notes-- Glossary-- References-- Index--
520 _aIt is rare to find a book on dinosaurs so literate, well-written, and full of insight and synthesis - particularly when the dinosaurs are so unusual. The authors lay them out for us, situate them beautifully in time, space, and cultural history, and then reassemble them and their world using all the tools of modern science.
650 0 _aDinosaurs
_zRomania
_zTransylvania.
650 0 _aDinosaurs
_xEvolution.
700 1 _aJianu, Coralia-Maria.
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_cBK
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