| Dinosaur Extinction and the End of an Era: What the Fossils Say Contributor(s): Archibald, J. David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231076258 ISBN-13: 9780231076258 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $49.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1996 Annotation: -- "Choice" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animals - Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures - Science | Life Sciences - Biology - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution |
| Dewey: 567.91 |
| LCCN: 95-31113 |
| Lexile Measure: 1340 |
| Series: Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleo |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.12" W x 9.01" (0.78 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first book to approach the Cretaceous extinction -- the period during which dinosaurs disappeared from Earth -- from the perspective of the fossil record. |
Contributor Bio(s): Archibald, J. David: - J. David Archibald is professor emeritus of biology at San Diego State University and curator of mammals in the SDSU Vertebrate Collections. His books include Dinosaur Extinction and the End of an Era: What the Fossils Say (1996) and Aristotle's Ladder, Darwin's Tree: The Evolution of Visual Metaphors for Biological Order (2014), both from Columbia University Press. |