Alaska Dinosaurs: An Ancient Arctic World - Softcover

Fiorillo, Anthony R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367657449 ISBN 13: 9780367657444

Publisher: CRC Press, 2020

Synopsis

Anthony Fiorillo has been exploring the Arctic since 1998. For him, like many others, the Arctic holds the romance of uncharted territory, extreme conditions, and the inevitable epic challenges that arise. For Fiorillo, however, the Arctic also holds the secrets of the history of life on Earth, and its fossils bring him back field season after field season in pursuit of improving human understanding of ancient history. His studies of the rocks and fossils of the Arctic shed light on a world that once was, and provide insight into what might be.

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About the Author

Anthony R. Fiorillo is the Vice President of Research and Collection and Chief Curator at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Geology at Southern Methodist University and Affiliated Faculty in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. He is Fellow of the Geological Society of America and serves as an Academic Editor for PLoS ONE. And he is the author and/or co-author of over 100 peer-review scholarly articles.

From the Back Cover

This book is a survey of the dinosaurs found in the rocks of the Arctic landscape. But it is about more than dinosaurs. It is also a geological overview of Alaska; a report on the discovered fossils; descriptions of long dead animal footprints; and a review of the fossil plants and the paleoclimate and paleoecology of the Arctic.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367657449
• ISBN 13: 9780367657444
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240