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Dinosaurs past and present / edited by Sylvia J. Czerkas and Everett C. Olson ; introduction by John M. Harris.
- Title
- Dinosaurs past and present / edited by Sylvia J. Czerkas and Everett C. Olson ; introduction by John M. Harris.
- Publication
- [Los Angeles, Calif.] : Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, [1987]
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| v.2 | Text | Request in advance | QE862.D5 D525 1987 v.2 | Off-site | |
| v.1 | Text | Request in advance | QE862.D5 D525 1987 v.1 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 2 v. : ill. (some col.); 27 cm.
- Summary
- Investigations undertaken by a panel of scientists and artists, convened at a symposium held at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County with an exhibition of dinosaur restoration.
- Subject
- Dinosaurs > Exhibitions
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs
- Note
- Catalog of a traveling exhibition opened Feb. 15, 1986 and papers from a symposium convened by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographies and indexes.
- Contents
- v. 1. The return of the dancing dinosaurs / Robert T. Bakker -- Small problems : biological implications of tiny dinosaurs / George Callison -- Dinosaur trackways and their importance in paleontological reconstruction / Martin G. Lockley -- The scientific approach to the art of bringing dinosaurs to life / Mark Hallett -- Models, paintings, and the dinosaurs of North America / Dale A. Russell -- The age of transition : Coelophysis and the late Triassic Chinle fauna / David D. Gillette.
- v. 2. The science and art of restoring the life appearance of dinosaurs and their relatives : a rigorous how-to guide / Gregory S. Paul -- Ecologic and behavioral implications derived from a dinosaur nesting site / John R. Horner -- The case of the bat-winged pterosaur : typological taxonomy and the influence of pictorial representation on scientific perception / Kevin Padian -- A reevaluation of the plate arrangement on Stegosaurus stenops / Stephen A. Czerkas -- New approaches to studying dinosaurs in Dinosaur Provincial Park / Philip J. Currie -- The last of the North American dinosaurs / J. Keith Rigby Jr. -- Appendix: Families of dinosaurs.
- ISBN
- 0938644246 (pbk. : v. 1)
- 0938644238 (pbk. : v. 2)
- 029596541X (University of Washington Press : v. 1)
- 0295965703 (University of Washington Press : v. 2)
- 029596541X (canceled/invalid)
- 0938644246 (pbk.) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- ^^^87060944^//r88
- OCLC
- 16240872
- SCSB-10319815
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- Harvard Library