The Great Dinosaur Hunters And Their Discoveries
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The Great Dinosaur Hunters and Their Discoveries
Author: Edwin Harris Colbert
language: en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date: 1984-01-01
A survey of the noted paleontologists who have uncovered and studied dinosaur fossils including information on their findings
The Dinosaur Hunters
The story of the courageous enthusiasts and paleontologists who discovered the secrets of prehistoric life, published in association with the American Museum of Natural History.
King of the Dinosaur Hunters
Every year millions of museum visitors marvel at the skeletons of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures discovered by John Bell Hatcher whose life is every bit as fascinating as the mighty bones and fossils he unearthed. Hatcher helped discover and mount much of the Carnegie Museum's world famous, 150 million-year-old skeleton of Diplodocus, whose skeleton has captivated our collective imaginations for over a century. But that wasn’t all Hatcher discovered. During a now legendary collecting campaign in Wyoming, Hatcher discovered a 66 million-year-old horned dinosaur, Torosaurus, as well as the first scientifically significant set of skeletons from its evolutionary cousin, Triceratops. Refusing to restrict his talents to enormous dinosaurs, he also discovered the first significant sample of mammal teeth from our relatives that lived 66 million years ago. The teeth might have been minute, but this extraordinary discovery filled a key gap in humanity’s own evolutionary history.Nearly one hundred and twenty-five years after Hatcher’s monumental “hunts” ended, acclaimed paleontologist Lowell Dingus invites us to revisit Hatcher’s captivating expeditions and marvel at this real-life Indiana Jones and the vital role he played in our understanding of paleontology.