Hell Creek Montana

Author : Dr. Lowell Dingus
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781250092526

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Hell Creek, Montana by Dr. Lowell Dingus Pdf

"Given its wide range, this book should attract readers of history and lovers of the American West in addition to dinosaur junkies. " - Publishers Weekly Hell Creek, Montana, is one of the most windswept, hardscrabble locales in the American West-a quiet town of ranchers, farmers, and others who seek the beauty of the open spaces. It is also the unlikely setting of some of the most fascinating events in the history of the United States and North America. From the first-ever discovery of a Tyrannosaurus rex to Lewis and Clark's landmark expedition; from the Freeman compound standoff to Sitting Bull and Little Big Horn, Hell Creek has been a central player in the events of the last two hundred years-and the last 200 million. Now, with grace and quiet wit, renowned paleontologist and writer Lowell Dingus takes us on a tour of this desolate, beautiful, out-of-the-way place and illuminates its inhabitants, geology, paleontology, and surprising place in history. Nature lovers, dinosaur buffs, and people fascinated with the turbulent history--both ancient and modern--of the American West will find much to delight them in this journey to Hell Creek.

Author : Gregory P. Wilson,William A. Clemens,John R. Horner,Joseph H. Hartman
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813725031

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Through the End of the Cretaceous in the Type Locality of the Hell Creek Formation in Montana and Adjacent Areas by Gregory P. Wilson,William A. Clemens,John R. Horner,Joseph H. Hartman Pdf

"The chapters represent a surge of field and laboratory research activity, illustrating the impacts of new and refined methods and tools. This volume explores geologic and biologic history preserved in the strata bounding the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Joseph Herbert Hartman,Kirk R. Johnson,Douglas J. Nichols
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : 0813723612

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The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the Northern Great Plains by Joseph Herbert Hartman,Kirk R. Johnson,Douglas J. Nichols Pdf

Author : Barnum Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1021184241

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The Hell Creek Beds Of The Upper Cretaceous Of Montana by Barnum Brown Pdf

Author : Barnum Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1907
Category : Geology
ISBN : HARVARD:32044107341547

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The Hell Creek Beds of the Upper Cretaceous of Montana by Barnum Brown Pdf

Author : Jai Krishna
Publisher : Springer
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811024771

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The Indian Mesozoic Chronicle by Jai Krishna Pdf

The book reviews and summarizes the Indian Mesozoic geological evolution in an innovative alternative perspective of sequence stratigraphy. It mainly focuses on the Jurassic interval, but also concisely discusses the preceding Triassic and Cretaceous geological records. The key to the study is primarily held in the recently developed ammonoid based high resolution scales in the Triassic and Jurassic period. The Indian Jurassic record is thus elevated to a high resolution pedestal. The large intra-Jurassic stratigraphic gap in Kachchh, with increase in duration from margin to basin, has been précised in different sections, along with radical revision of its long held interpretation from sub-aerial to sub-marine all over from Arabia to Australia. Other significant gaps are also differentiated into sub-aerial and sub-marine. The Indian Late Precambrian – Neogene record is organized into five mega-sequences. Among these, the fourth – also the most important one – includes the intra-Permian to Early Eocene interval from the origin to the closure of the Neotethys. Based on multidisciplinary integration of the Indian Mesozoic geological record and comparison with hydrocarbon producing basins on east and west of India, a highly positive scenario of the hydrocarbon source/reservoir sediment perspective is outlined in the book in sequence stratigraphic backdrop as an edifice for future elaborate evaluation.

Author : Adrienne Mayor
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691245614

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Fossil Legends of the First Americans by Adrienne Mayor Pdf

The burnt-red badlands of Montana's Hell Creek are a vast graveyard of the Cretaceous dinosaurs that lived 68 million years ago. Those hills were, much later, also home to the Sioux, the Crows, and the Blackfeet, the first people to encounter the dinosaur fossils exposed by the elements. What did Native Americans make of these stone skeletons, and how did they explain the teeth and claws of gargantuan animals no one had seen alive? Did they speculate about their deaths? Did they collect fossils? Beginning in the East, with its Ice Age monsters, and ending in the West, where dinosaurs lived and died, this richly illustrated and elegantly written book examines the discoveries of enormous bones and uses of fossils for medicine, hunting magic, and spells. Well before Columbus, Native Americans observed the mysterious petrified remains of extinct creatures and sought to understand their transformation to stone. In perceptive creation stories, they visualized the remains of extinct mammoths, dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and marine creatures as Monster Bears, Giant Lizards, Thunder Birds, and Water Monsters. Their insights, some so sophisticated that they anticipate modern scientific theories, were passed down in oral histories over many centuries. Drawing on historical sources, archaeology, traditional accounts, and extensive personal interviews, Adrienne Mayor takes us from Aztec and Inca fossil tales to the traditions of the Iroquois, Navajos, Apaches, Cheyennes, and Pawnees. Fossil Legends of the First Americans represents a major step forward in our understanding of how humans made sense of fossils before evolutionary theory developed.

Author : Edward J. McFadden
Publisher : Severed Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1922551104

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Hell Creek by Edward J. McFadden Pdf

There's a town in Montana called Hell Creek. It's not on any map, there's no post office, a census has never been taken, and the most permanent structure is a saloon. It only exists because the ramshackle settlement is next to one of the world's largest dinosaur graveyards. It's a hard place to live, and a worse place to die. Summer digs are in full swing and thirty-four-year-old graduate student Jack Templeton doesn't have time for distractions, but when prehistoric predators overrun his dig site, he becomes prey. Hunters from another age stalk the transformed iridium-rich badlands, but the real enemy waits where Jack least expects it. Who will survive the day the dig came alive?

Author : Tom Parker
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781789095050

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Saurian - A Field Guide to Hell Creek by Tom Parker Pdf

A gorgeous, scientifically up-to-date exploration of the prehistoric world, written and illustrated by leading palaeontologists. Enter the beautiful world of Hell Creek in prehistoric North America. Saurian: A Field Guide to Hell Creek offers an elegant factual guide to the prehistoric world of the successful indie survival game Saurian. Created in close conference with some of the leading palaeontologists and paleoartists, this is a beautiful, detailed exploration of the creatures and environment of this stunning game, perfect for all fans of dinosaurs and paleoart.

Author : Dean R. Lomax,Robert Nicholls
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780231552080

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Locked in Time by Dean R. Lomax,Robert Nicholls Pdf

Fossils allow us to picture the forms of life that inhabited the earth eons ago. But we long to know more: how did these animals actually behave? We are fascinated by the daily lives of our fellow creatures—how they reproduce and raise their young, how they hunt their prey or elude their predators, and more. What would it be like to see prehistoric animals as they lived and breathed? From dinosaurs fighting to their deaths to elephant-sized burrowing ground sloths, this book takes readers on a global journey deep into the earth’s past. Locked in Time showcases fifty of the most astonishing fossils ever found, brought together in five fascinating chapters that offer an unprecedented glimpse at the real-life behaviors of prehistoric animals. Dean R. Lomax examines the extraordinary direct evidence of fossils captured in the midst of everyday action, such as dinosaurs sitting on their eggs like birds, Jurassic flies preserved while mating, a T. rex infected by parasites. Each fossil, he reveals, tells a unique story about prehistoric life. Many recall behaviors typical of animals familiar to us today, evoking the chain of evolution that links all living things to their distant ancestors. Locked in Time allows us to see that fossils are not just inanimate objects: they can record the life stories of creatures as fully alive as any today. Striking and scientifically rigorous illustrations by renowned paleoartist Bob Nicholls bring these breathtaking moments to life.

Author : Christine Argot,Luc Vives
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9782080203762

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Dinosaurs by Christine Argot,Luc Vives Pdf

Blending history and fantasy, science and art, the story of how dinosaurs were discovered and reimagined comes to life through splendid illustrations in this handsome slipcased volume. Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Brontosaurus, Tyrannosaurus…these exotic prehistoric creatures continue to fascinate more than 200 million years after they last roamed the earth. Dinosaur skeletons have been reconstituted, reconstructed, and interpreted by scientists and artists since the first fossils were uncovered near Cañon City, Colorado, in 1877, sparking the Bone Wars. In 1907, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History mounted “Dippy” the Diplodocus, which sparked dinomania, igniting the imagination of popular culture and Hollywood. From the Morrison Formation to Montana’s Hell Creek, and from Mongolia’s Gobi Desert to Argentina’s Patagonia, new discoveries and excavations have uncovered a lost kingdom that has inspired myriad homages. This volume enriches our understanding of dinosaurs through rich visual iconography—from paintings, drawings, and sketches to new photography, film stills, reconstructed skeletons, and archival documents—along with detailed descriptions and anecdotes from great nineteenth-century explorers, artists, and writers such as Benjamin W. Hawkins, Charles R. Knight, Zdenĕk Burian, and Jules Verne, and from filmmakers including Walt Disney and Steven Spielberg. This book is published in partnership with the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris to coincide with a traveling exhibition of the exceptional Trix T. Rex and the international release of Jurassic World.

Author : Peter L. Larson,Kenneth Carpenter
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780253350879

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Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Tyrant King by Peter L. Larson,Kenneth Carpenter Pdf

Accompanying CD-ROM has supplementary materials related to chapters 7 (color images of the black and white figures in the book), 11 (Flash-animated movie about tyrannosaurid postures), and 13 (skull bone atlas).

Author : Patrick Fox
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2003-04-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781469729671

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Hell's Creek by Patrick Fox Pdf

After Bill Banes is killed in a spectacular but mysterious car bombing in England, O'Toole volunteers to go to London to bring back his friend's remains. Before he knows it, he's involved in a many-leveled conspiracy that becomes much more complicated than the murder it initially appeared to be. O'Toole follows up on the one consistency in the sketchy chain of evidence: Bill Banes' continuing fascination with a 1978 earthquake in the western United States. From the hundred mile visibilities at the peaks of the Little Belt Mountains, to the subterranean murk of the Lombard Fault in Western Montana, he is once again up to his ears in trouble, straying far beyond his jurisdiction as an employee of Structurethe small and super-secret agency that does the jobs that are too sensitive for the CIA and the FBIand proving yet again that no good deed goes unpunished. With the aid of Elmer Linthacum, who runs a small town Exxon station, and Becky Sparling, the loving daughter of a multimillionaire cattle rancher who has interests that go beyond his fourteen thousand acres, O'Toole manages to unravel the mystery and avoid getting sewn upor blown upin the process.

Author : J. Michael Parrish,Ralph E. Molnar,Philip J. Currie,Eva B. Koppelhus
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780253009470

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Tyrannosaurid Paleobiology by J. Michael Parrish,Ralph E. Molnar,Philip J. Currie,Eva B. Koppelhus Pdf

Drawn from a 2005 international symposium, these essays explore current tyrannosaurid current research and discoveries regarding Tyrannosaurus rex. The opening of an exhibit focused on “Jane,” a beautifully preserved tyrannosaur collected by the Burpee Museum of Natural History, was the occasion for an international symposium on tyrannosaur paleobiology. This volume, drawn from the symposium, includes studies of the tyrannosaurids Chingkankousaurus fragilis and “Sir William” and the generic status of Nanotyrannus; theropod teeth, pedal proportions, brain size, and craniocervical function; soft tissue reconstruction, including that of “Jane”; paleopathology and tyrannosaurid claws; dating the “Jane” site; and tyrannosaur feeding and hunting strategies. Tyrannosaurid Paleobiology highlights the far ranging and vital state of current tyrannosaurid dinosaur research and discovery. “Despite being discovered over 100 years ago, Tyrannosaurus rex and its kin still inspire researchers to ask fundamental questions about what the best known dinosaur was like as a living, breathing animal. Tyrannosaurid Paleobiology present a series of wide-ranging and innovative studies that cover diverse topics such as how tyrannosaurs attacked and dismembered prey, the shapes and sizes of feet and brains, and what sorts of injuries individuals sustained and lived with. There are also examinations of the diversity of tyrannosaurs, determinations of exactly when different kinds lived and died, and what goes into making a museum exhibit featuring tyrannosaurs. This volume clearly shows that there is much more to the study of dinosaurs than just digging up and cataloguing old bones.” —Donald M. Henderson, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

Author : Montana Hodges,Robert Feldman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781493014484

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Rockhounding Montana by Montana Hodges,Robert Feldman Pdf

With this informative, fully updated and revised guide, you can explore the mineral-rich region of Montana. It describes the state's best rockhounding sites and covers popular and commerical sites as well as numerous little-known areas. This handy guide also descirbes how to collect specimens, includes maps and directions to each site, and lists rockhound clubs around the state. This is truly a complete guide to popular collecting sites in Montana and source-book brimming with advice that can be of use to both the novice and the experienced rockhounder.