Quest for the African Dinosaurs

Ancient Roots of the Modern World
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-8018-6481-0
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

The story of one paleontologist's fossil digs in Africa, and his unexpected findings

Winner of the Colbert Award for the best adult book about dinosaurs

Winner of the Colbert Award for the best adult book about dinosaurs

Louis Jacobs reopened paleontologists' eyes to the African continent when he uncovered a major fossil site in the hills of Malawi in the 1980s. During five digging seasons in Malawi and three in Cameroon, Jacobs found the remains of two meat-eating theropods, two herbivorous sauropods, an odd crocodile about the size of a Chihuahua, and rare early mammals. Now in paperback, Quest for the African Dinosaurs includes Jacobs' new introduction, which discusses recent developments in paleontological research in Africa.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jacobs, Louis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Introduction to the Johns Hopkins Edition

Chapter 1. The Forgotten Dinosaurs of Africa
Chapter 2. Tahiti Without Salt
Chapter 3. Journals From the Ground
Chapter 4. The Roaming Titan Lizards
Chapter 5. African Dinosaurs, Before and After
Chapter 6. The Crocodile of Carnival
Chapter 7. For One Tooth
Chapter 8. Other Neighbors
Chapter 9. A Living Dinosaur?
Chapter 10. The Good of Dinosaurs
Expedition Members
Suggestion for Further Reading
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jacobs, Louis
Louis Jacobs, formerly a visiting scholar at Harvard, teaches at Southern Methodist University and is president of the Institute for the Study of Earth and Man.