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21) Dry bones
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When Jen, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found, surfaces in Sheriff Walt Longmires jurisdiction, it appears to be a windfall for the High Plains Dinosaur Museum--until Danny Lone Elk, the Cheyenne rancher on whose property the remains were discovered, turns up dead. A number of groups step forward to claim her, including Dannys family, the tribe, and the federal government. As Wyomings Acting Deputy Attorney and the FBI descend...
23) Find a Fossil
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Pub. Date
2015
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Learn some of the ways that paleontologists work in this book about scientific discovery.
25) To the bone
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David Wolf volume 7
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Chief Detective David Wolf’s son has a new girlfriend, and when she discovers her father—a well known man in ancient fossils trade circles—has been murdered, she and the rest of her shattered family turn to Wolf to bring them justice.
With the help of a small town sheriff and a retired police dog named Jet, Wolf follows the clues to a dig site in western Colorado, where secrets have been entombed for eons, and people are dying to keep them...
26) The kingdom
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Sam and Remi Fargo are used to hunting for treasure, not people; but a Texas oil baron contacts them with a personal plea. An investigator friend of the Fargos was on a mission to find the oil baron's missing father, and now the investigator is missing too. On a journey that takes them to Tibet, Nepal, Bulgaria, India, and China, the Fargos will find themselves embroiled with black market fossils, a centuries-old puzzle chest, the ancient Tibetan...
30) Fossils
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This handbook, divided into invertebrates, vertebrates, and plants, identifies over 500 fossils, from all geological ages and continents.
31) Fossils
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[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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"In this book, readers will learn about the fascinating stories behind fossils and how they are preserved . . . full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage readers as they learn more about how fossils form, the shapes they take, and where they can be found"--Provided by publisher.
32) Bone digger
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[2015]
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"Eons past, an ancient creature the size of a bunkhouse lived out a solitary life and died all alone in a rugged canyon. Millennia later that canyon occupied an isolated corner of C. L. McSween's Rocking S. Ranch. Then McSween decided to dam up the canyon to provide water for his cattle. Paleontologist from back east, discovers the cache of bones from this long-dead Jurassic monster, he realizes they are a priceless treasure trove. C. L. McSween...
33) Dinosaur bones
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Discusses how scientists, studying fossil remains, provide information on how dinosaurs lived millions of years ago.
34) Dino treasures
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"Just as some people dig and look for pirate treasure, some scientists dig and look for treasures, too. These treasures may not be gold or jewels but fossils. Following in the footsteps of Dino Tracks, this sequel takes young readers into the field with paleontologists as they uncover treasured clues left by dinosaurs. Readers will follow what and how scientists have learned about dinosaurs: what they ate; how they raised their young; how they slept,...
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From the moment she's struck by lightening as a baby, it is clear that Mary Anning is marked for greatness. On the windswept, fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast, she learns that she has "the eye"-and finds what no one else can see. When Mary uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton in the cliffs near her home, she sets the religious fathers on edge, the townspeople to vicious gossip, and the scientific world alight. In an arena dominated by...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Blue-blooded crabs? Platypus that sting? One-hundred-year old reptiles? Meet some of nature's longest-surviving species! Discover the stories of these incredible animals and find out how they help scientists piece together evolutionary history"--
38) Vigil
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Pub. Date
2005
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"In the caves beneath an Italian lake, the fossil of a creature older than the earth has been disinterred. In the Judaean desert, a legendary parchment has been discovered. One reveals the secrets of Heaven. One foretells an impending Hell. And deciphering their message has been left to paleontologist Carter Cox--a man of science whose faith in the empirical is about to be shaken by forces of evil beyond imagining."--P. [4] of cover
39) Fossils
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Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Introduces fossils to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--Provided by publisher.