Dinosaur Country: Unearthing the Alberta Badlands

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Summary: History and paleontology of Alberta badlands
Review: Excellent discussion in counterpoint of the natural history, human history and prehistory/paleontology of the Alberta badlands. Strongly recommended for those who are interested in the history of paleontology as a discipline as it was advanced by amateurs and professionals alike in a specific geographic region. Also entertaining for the general reader planning a visit to the area.

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Summary: An exciting survey of how these great beasts once lived
Review: Now in an updated and expanded second edition Dinosaur Country: Unearthing The Alberta Badlands by ReinieGross tells the fascinating geological and paleontological story of the badlands of the Red Deer River valley in southern Alberta, the resting place for bones of great dinosaurs who populated the land 75 million years ago. An exciting survey of how these great beasts once lived and died in the mass extinction that ended the Age of Dinosaurs, as well as the growing belief that a few dinosaurs survived by evolving into birds, enhanced with black-and-white photographs and sketches. Dinosaur Country is enthusiastically recommended reading and a welcome contribution to academic Paleontology reference collections and reading lists.