Brief description of types of dinosaurs, where they lived, how their fossils are discovered, and by whom and where they can be seen and why they disappeared.
Describes the conditions that have contributed to the discovery of a large number of dinosaur fossils in Canada, and discusses the work of paleontologists in unearthing and studying these ancient giants.
A dynamic look at Canada's first inhabitants -- the dinosaurs! Children will always be fascinated by dinosaurs, and now Scholastic's Canada Close Up series offers them a glimpse of the history of dinosaurs in Canada. From the Albertosaurus to the Tyrannosaurus, palaeontologists have found Canada to be a rich source of dinosaur fossils, providing the world with further clues about the mysterious beasts that used to inhabit the Earth. This exploration of the Canadian aspect will help young dinosaur lovers get excited about fossils found close to home! The Canada Close Up series has become a successful and recognized imprint of quality, non-fiction books for this age group. They are user-friendly, the facts are accessible, and the full-colour illustrations help engage the reader, while enhancing the subject matter.
Since Confederation, evidence of some 50 classes of dinosaurs has been gathered in Canada. Many of these fossils came from the single most bountiful dinosaur site in the world, Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, which to date has yielded more than 250 skeletons of 36 species of dinosaurs, and has helped to establish Canada as the fourth-richest source of fossils in the world. An utterly absorbing account, Into the Dinosaurs' Graveyard tells the stories of the dinosaur hunters (a variety of mavericks and eccentrics), the important finds they've made in Canada and abroad, and the role they've played in establishing Canada's dinosaur heritage.
“A tour de force…highlights the odd reptiles that roamed all corners of the earth millions of years ago.”—Sydney Morning Herald From the outback of Australia to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and the savanna of Madagascar, the award-winning science writer and dinosaur enthusiast John Pickrell embarks on a world tour of new finds, meeting the fossil hunters who work at the frontier of discovery. He reveals the dwarf dinosaurs unearthed by an eccentric Transylvanian baron; an aquatic, crocodile-snouted carnivore bigger than T. rex that once lurked in North African waterways; a Chinese dinosaur with wings like a bat; and a Patagonian sauropod so enormous it weighed more than two commercial jet airliners. Other surprising discoveries hail from Alaska, Siberia, Canada, Burma, and South Africa. Why did dinosaurs grow so huge? How did they spread across the world? Did they all have feathers? What do sauropods have in common with 1950s vacuum cleaners? The stuff of adventure movies and scientific revolutions, Weird Dinosaurs examines the latest breakthroughs and new technologies that are radically transforming our understanding of the distant past. “This history of the discovery of some of the most outlandish creatures that ever lived, and the excitement of paleontological research, will be sure to both entertain and instruct.”—Spencer Lucas, author of Dinosaurs: The Textbook, Sixth Edition “Fascinating.... Readers learn of beautiful opalised dinosaur bones from Australia and a crested dinosaur found approximately 13,000 feet up Antarctica's Mt. Kirkpatrick, demonstrating that dinosaurs were widely distributed across the globe.”—Publishers Weekly