Ultimate Expeditions: Dinosaur Hunter


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Dinosaurs may be gone, but we can learn from their fossils! Ultimate Expeditions: Dinosaur Hunters gives you facts, and even lets you make 3D models of 8 dinos. Though dinosaurs are long extinct, their bones can be used to piece together the puzzle of their past. Fossil hunter Jackson Foster has just returned from a three-month expedition uncovering the remains of dinosaurs that roamed across North America millions of years ago, and he has a fascinating tale to tell. From the massive and toothy Tyrannosaurus rex to the speedy Coelophysis that traveled in packs, Ultimate Expeditions: Dinosaur Hunter brings to life eight incredible creatures, with illustrations, maps, fossil finds, and facts about when, where, and how they lived. Accompany Foster on his thrilling adventures, and take a trip beyond the page and back to a time when animals were larger than elephants, some weighing more than 88,000 pounds! Follow the assembly instructions to create your own fierce 3-D models of each dinosaur.




Dinosaur Hunter


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Though dinosaurs are long extinct, their bones can be used to piece together the puzzle of their past. Fossil hunter Jackson Foster has just returned from a three-month expedition uncovering the remains of dinosaurs that roamed across North America millions of years ago, and he has a fascinating tale to tell.




Danger in the Desert


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Looks at the journeys of Roy Chapman Andrews who, in the early twentieth-century, led countless expeditions for the American Museum of Natural History in search of dinosaur fossils, facing dangers such as pythons, wild dogs, marauding bandits, sandstorms, and corrupt officials.




Ultimate Expeditions Rainforest Explorer


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Greetings adventurer! Are you prepared to delve deep in the Amazon jungle? Ultimate Expeditions Rainforest Explorer will take you to a place where awe-inspiring adventure awaits... but so does danger! The world’s most massive rain forest promises both beauty and peril. Ultimate Expeditions Rainforest Explorer presents young readers with the thrilling tales of famed explorer Harold Bennington. Harold has just returned from an exciting research expedition where he recorded his observations of the most magnificent creatures he has ever encountered. From pink river dolphins, to blood-drinking vampire bats, to fierce jaguars, these rare, beautiful beasts are described so vividly they seem to pounce off the page! Ultimate Expeditions Rainforest Explorer comes complete with illustrations, maps, photos, and facts, making it the perfect companion for any aspiring adventurer. As an added bonus, each of Mr. Bennington's eight animal profiles come with assembly instructions and all the materials you need to make your own 3-D model.




Dinosaur Hunter


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Congratulations - your application for a Mesozoic hunting licence has been successful! Before you travel back in time and charge headlong into a pack of prehistoric big game, we strongly advise that you read the following guidebook. It will provide you with information crucial to success – and survival! You will learn the basic facts of the geography, climate and environmental conditions of the three periods that make up the exciting Mesozoic era. The book then covers the huge variety of dinosaurs that stalk these times, giving tips on identification, tracking, and the best weapons to bring them down! Let the hunt begin!




Great Dinosaur Expeditions and Discoveries


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Outlines several expeditions by paleontologists hunting for information about dinosaurs in America, Africa, Canada, Patagonia, and elsewhere.




The Lost Journal


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Presents the expedition journal of Samuel T King, a pioneer from the early days of dinosaur hunting. This title holds the clues to many dinosaur discoveries and possibly to an amazing, but forgotten find - the legendary dinosaurs' graveyard.




Paul Sereno


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Overview of life and work of paleontologist Paul Sereno.




The Perfect Shot for Dinosaurs


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Any self-respecting big game hunter owns--or should own--Dr. Kevin Robertson's The Perfect Shot, for hunting African animals, and its sister volume, Craig Boddington's The Perfect Shot North America. These two books have become invaluable for the traveling sportsman and sportswoman seeking to become familiar with shot placement, habits, and suitable firearm choices for hunting many of the most popular mammals throughout the two continents. Safari Press has now teamed up with notable author and international big-game hunter Philip Massaro to bring you a volume on the ultimate hunting adventure: The Perfect Shot for Dinosaurs. Bored with the Big Five? Finding grizzly bears ho-hum? Let Massaro help you prepare for the ultimate big-game quarry: prehistoric dinosaurs that have survived to this day. The Perfect Shot for Dinosaurs covers twenty dinosaur species, their habits and physiology, hunting methods, and the proper choice of firearm for each hunting scenario, and, of course, there's a ghost view that exposes the vitals for each. Massaro's extensive pursuit of the varying dinosaur species has given him an insight into hunting these terrible lizards, and his experiences will aid you in your own pursuits. Renowned artist Laurie O'Keefe has provided detailed drawings, highlighting the vital organs and aiding the would-be dinosaur hunter by giving real-world information on shot placement. From the mighty Mosasaur and horrific Quetzalcoatlus to the more popular Stegosaurus, Triceratops, and, yes, even the Tyrannosaurus Rex, all are covered within the covers of The Perfect Shot for Dinosaurs. With a foreword and contributions from controversial dinosaur expert Jarrett M. Lane, The Perfect Shot for Dinosaurs debunks the K-T 66 extinction myth, and sheds light onto the actual biological workings of the various dinosaurs. Massaro draws upon his experiences as a ballistician and dinosaur hunter to recommend cartridge and bullet choices, as well as covering the gamut of dinosaur-worthy firearms. A must-have for any trophy room, hunting camp, den, or bathroom, The Perfect Shot for Dinosaurs is a tongue-in-cheek look at big-game hunting. And now that Donald Trump Jr. was seen on You Tube with a Stegosaurus he had killed on a recent African safari, this guide has become essential for your pursuit of the Dinosaur Grand Slam! Should you actually have the courage to take on one of these terrible lizards, this guide will not only become invaluable when embarking on the ultimate big-game hunt of a lifetime . . . it might just save your life! Be sure to get you copy so that you can make a clean kill on your next hunt!




Bones for Barnum Brown


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Roland Thaxter Bird, universally and affectionately known to friends and associates as R. T., achieved a kind of Horatio Alger success in the scientific world of dinosaur studies. Forced to drop out of school at a young age by ill health, he was a cowboy who traveled from job to job by motorcycle until he met Barnum Brown, Curator of Vertebrae Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and a leader in the study of dinosaurs. Beginning in 1934, Bird spent many years as an employee of the museum and as Brown's right-hand man in the field. His chart of the Howe Quarry in Wyoming, a massive sauropod boneyard, is one of the most complex paleontological charts ever produced and a work of art in its own right. His crowning achievement was the discovery, collection, and interpretation of gigantic Cretaceous dinosaur trackways along the Paluxy River near Glen Rose and at Bandera, Texas. A trackway from Glen Rose is on exhibit at the American Museum and at the Texas Memorial Museum in Austin. His interpretation of these trackways demonstrated that a large carnosaur had pursued and attacked a sauropod, that sauropods migrated in herds, and that, contrary to then-current belief, sauropods were able to support their own weight out of deep water. These behavioral interpretations anticipated later dinosaur studies by at least two decades. From his first meeting with Barnum Brown to his discoveries at Glen Rose and Bandera, this very human account tells the story of Bird's remarkable work on dinosaurs. In a vibrantly descriptive style, Bird recorded both the intensity and excitement of field work and the careful and painstaking detail of laboratory reconstruction. His memoir presents a vivid picture of camp life with Brown and the inner workings of the famous American Museum of Natural History, and it offers a new and humanizing account of Brown himself, one of the giants of his field. Bird's memoir has been supplemented with a clear and concise introduction to the field of dinosaur study and with generous illustrations which delineate the various types of dinosaurs.