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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"In 1993 Alaskan artist and paleo-fish enthusiast, Ray Troll, stumbled upon the weirdest fossil he had ever seen in a museum-- a platter-sized spiral of tightly wound shark teeth, from the Helicoprion, a mysterious monster from deep time. In 2010 the undergraduate student, Jesse Pruitt, became seriously smitten with a Helicoprion fossil in a museum basement in Idaho. Together, they researched and were able, with others, to reanimate this awe-inspiring...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"Paleontologist Philip Currie was on a difficult dig, following incomplete clues to find fossils. But Philip knew he needed to discover these bones in the badlands if he was going to convince the scientific community about his theory on the life of carnivorous dinosaurs. Follow along on this graphic adventure based on a true story to discover Albertosaurus fossils and uncover the mystery they tell. Then, take a trip back in time to learn all about...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Examines the ultimate fighters of the Jurassic period, the gigantic beasts that stalked the earth millions of years ago. Some of these dinosaurs were larger than seven-story buildings and hunted their prey with strategy and cunning, transforming the prehistoric world into a battlefield. The temperature, terrain, and innate sense of the opponent's weaknesses and strengths all played a role in how each dinosaur planned its attack. Paleontologists are...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Paleontologist Susan Hendrickson was excited when she found a few Tyrannosaurus Rex bones in South Dakota's Badlands. But after she and her team dug deeper, Susan realized she had discovered the largest and most complete T. rex skeleton ever found! The team named it Sue. Follow along on this graphic adventure based on a true story to discover the fossils from this giant dinosaur. Then, take a trip back in time to learn all about the creatures that...
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
This is the story of Edwin Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh, two scientists who found and fought for the bones exposed by the excavation of the Railroad company's westward expansion, and the artist Charles R. Knight who almost single-handedly brought dinosaurs back to life for an awestruck public.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Jurassic Park: A wealthy entrepreneur invites a top paleontologist, a paleobotanist, a mathematician/theorist, and his two eager grandchildren to visit his secret island theme park featuring living dinosaurs cloned from prehistoric DNA.
The Lost world: Jurassic Park: Four years after the disaster at Jurassic Park, dinosaurs have secretly survived on a nearby island and roam free. Now there is a more ominous threat--a plan to capture and bring the...
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Jurassic Park III : Eight years after the InGen incident, Dr. Grant is happy with his life far from any dinosaurs other than the fossilized ones. Unfortunately, he is extremely short in research money, and therefore accepts the offer from a wealthy businessman. Originally issued in 2001.
Jurassic Park: Scientists develop a means of bringing dinosaurs to life using DNA taken from dino' blood, which has been preserved inside insects encased in amber....
450) The thing
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish...
451) Jurassic Park III
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
A man is up against dangerous predators in the ultimate battle for survival. Adventure runs wild when renowned paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant agrees to accompany a wealthy couple on an aerial tour of Isla Sorna, InGen's former breeding ground for prehistoric creatures. After they are terrifyingly stranded, Dr. Grant soon discovers that his hosts are not what they seem and the island's native inhabitants are smarter, faster, fiercer and more brutal...
452) Fantastic fossils
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents a brief introduction to fossils and how they are gathered, as well as three narratives on important people and events in the history of paleontology in graphic novel format.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
A scheme to open a theme park featuring real dinosaurs cloned from DNA turns into a catastrophe; two teams head for Site B, an island where the dinosaurs have been left alone for four years; renowned paleontologist Dr. Grant is tricked into flying over InGen's former breeding ground for prehistoric dinosaurs and must guide several people through the island.
455) Dinosaur
Series
Pub. Date
[2008], c1994
Description
Explores the history of dinosaurs, and looks at what archaeologists are learning from modern-day dinosaur discoveries.
456) Dinosaur hunters
Pub. Date
2003
Description
Paleontologists from the American Museum of Natural History journey into Mongolia's Gobi Desert, where they unearth the skeleton of the Oviraptor, a bird-like dinosaur.
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Jurassic Park: Scientists develop a means of bringing dinosaurs to life using DNA taken from dino' blood, which has been preserved inside insects encased in amber. Originally issued in 1993.
The lost world: Four years after the failure of Jurassic Park on Isla Nublar, it is revealed that there was another island ("Site B") on which dinosaurs were bred before being transported to Isla Nublar. Originally issued in 1997.
Jurassic Park III : Eight years...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1993]2016
Description
Jurassic Park: Scientists develop a means of bringing dinosaurs to life using DNA taken from dino' blood, which has been preserved inside insects encased in amber.
Lost world: Four years after the failure of Jurassic Park on Isla Nublar, it is revealed that there was another island ("Site B") on which dinosaurs were bred before being transported to Isla Nublar.
Jurassic Park III: Eight years after the InGen incident, Dr. Grant is happy with his...