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Rubber molds and plaster casts in the paleontological laboratory / by Quinn, James H.(CARDINAL)840283;
Subjects: Paleontology.; Plaster casts.; Modeling.;
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Model a monster : making dinosaurs from everyday materials / by Caket, Colin.(CARDINAL)318333;
Provides step-by-step illustrated instructions for making models of prehistoric animals out of materials such as ice cream, coat hangers, cardboard, and sand. Also includes a dinosaur quiz, instructions for making a dinosaur diary, and information on how prehistoric animals lived long ago.
Subjects: Dinosaurs; Paleontological modeling; Models and modelmaking;
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Paleontologists : with STEM projects for kids / by Gibson, Karen Bush,author.(CARDINAL)703237; Shululu(Hui Li),illustrator.(CARDINAL)354910;
Includes bibliographical references (page 105) and index.Provides a brief overview of paleontology, highlighting five women who made breakthrough discoveries in the field and providing five activities, including creating a paleontological model, preparing specimens, and naming dinosaurs.
Subjects: Biographies.; Women paleontologists;
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Models in paleobiology / by Schopf, Thomas J. M.(CARDINAL)314132;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-243) and index.
Subjects: Conference papers and proceedings.; Paleontology;
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Guidelines for the management and curation of invertebrate fossil collections : including a data model and standards for computerization / by White, Russell D.(Russell David),1959-(CARDINAL)324677; Allmon, Warren D.(CARDINAL)324676; Paleontological Society.(CARDINAL)154593; North American Paleontological Convention(6th :1996 :Washington, D.C.);
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Conference papers and proceedings.; Invertebrates, Fossil; Fossils; Paleontology;
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Inferring phylogenies / by Felsenstein, Joseph.(CARDINAL)325753;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-644) and index.Parsimony methods -- Counting evolutionary changes -- How many trees are there? -- Finding the best tree by heuristic search -- Finding the best tree : branch and bound -- Ancestral states and branch lengths -- Variants of parsimony -- Compatibility -- Statistical properties of parsimony -- A digression on history and philosophy -- Distance matrix methods -- Quartets of species -- Models of DNA evolution -- Models of protein evolution -- Restriction sites, RAPDS, and microsatellites -- Likelihood methods -- Hadamard methods -- Bayesian inference of phylogenies -- Testing models, trees and clocks -- Bootstrap, jackknife, and permutation tests -- Paired sites tests -- Invariants -- Brownian motion and gene frequencies -- Quantitative characters -- Comparative methods -- Coalescent trees -- Likelihood calculations on coalescents -- Coalescents and species trees -- Alignment, gene families, and genomics -- Consensus trees and distances between trees -- Biogeography, hosts, and parasites -- Phylogenies and paleontology -- Tests based on tree shape -- Drawing trees -- Phylogeny software.
Subjects: Cladistic analysis;
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Late Paleocene-early Eocene climatic and biotic events in the marine and terrestrial records / by Aubry, Marie-Pierre.(CARDINAL)331383; Lucas, Spencer G.(CARDINAL)316566; Berggren, William A.(CARDINAL)329397;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The editors have brought together the finest scholars working today on the Paleocene-Eocene transition. Covering mammals, reptiles, invertebrates, and plants as well as the spectrum of marine biotas, the book documents both the well-established and the lesser-known turnovers, such as those of the calcareous nannoplankton and terrestrial mollusks. This volume is also notable for its integration of knowledge culled from a wide variety of disciplines, geographic settings, fossil groups, and paleoenvironments. With 21 contributions and more than 180 illustrations, this book will be of great value as a reference source for a wide spectrum of scientists, from marine geologists and oceanographers to paleontologists, paleoclimatologists, and stratigraphers.
Subjects: Paleontology; Paleontology; Paleoclimatology; Paleoclimatology;
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First encyclopedia of dinosaurs and prehistoric life / by Taplin, Sam.(CARDINAL)420824; Franklin, Mark.(CARDINAL)435176; Hancock, David,1936-(CARDINAL)419380; Newell, Keith.(CARDINAL)337963;
Prehistoric world -- How the Earth began -- Under the sea -- Life on the land -- Swampy forests -- First reptiles -- First dinosaurs -- Hunter dinosaurs -- Raptors -- First birds -- Tyrannosaurus Rex -- Giant dinosaurs -- Duck-billed dinosaurs -- Horned dinosaurs -- Stegosaurs -- Boneheads -- Spiky dinosaurs -- Baby dinosaurs -- Sea reptiles -- Flying reptiles -- Death of the dinosaurs -- First mammals -- More mammals -- South American mammals -- Ice Age mammals -- First people -- How do we know? -- New discoveries -- Prehistoric facts and figures -- Prehistoric words -- Index.Presents facts about dinosaurs, their origin, their diversity, and their final extinction, with internet links for further information. What was the biggest dinosaur? What was the Ice Age? Why did the dinosaurs die out? Find out in this lavish and lively book. Simple text, beautiful illustrations, stunning photographs of dinosaur models and links to exciting recommended websites introduce young readers to the wonders of the prehistoric world.IG750L
Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Dinosaurs; Fossils; Paleontology; Paleontology; Reptiles, Fossil;
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The four-winged dinosaur / by Davis, Markdirectorproducerauthor.(DLC)n 96116653(CARDINAL)211638; Lewman, Lance(DLC)no2002084533; ARTE France.(DLC)n 2002135367(CARDINAL)326939; Caldecott Productions International.(DLC)no2008041726; MDTV Productions.(DLC)n 2006181376; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)(DLC)n 80089989 (CARDINAL)154259; WGBH Video (Firm)(DLC)no 97033628 (CARDINAL)268015;
1. Feathered dinosaurs -- 2. A puzzle -- 3. Microraptor -- 4. Modelling -- 5. Wind tunnel -- 6. An unexpected find.Narrated by Lance Lewman.Originally broadcast as segments of the television program Nova on February 26, 2008.In 2002, the discovery of a beautiful and bizarre fossil astonished scientists and reignited the debate over the origin of flight. With four wings and superbly preserved feathers, the 130 million-year-old creature was like nothing paleontologists had ever seen before. In this program, Nova travels to the Chinese stone quarry where the fossil was discovered - a famed fossil treasure-trove - and teams up with the world's leading figures in paleontology, biomechanics, aerodynamics, animation, and scientific reconstruction to perform an unorthodox experiment: a wind tunnel flight test of a scientific replica of the ancient oddity. Dubbed Microraptor, the crow-sized fossil is one of the smallest dinosaurs ever found and one of the most controversial, challenging conventional theories and assumptions about the evolution of flight.Not rated.DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Films for people with visual disabilities.; Educational; Documentary television programs.; Microraptor.; Paleontology; Paleontology; Dinosaurs; Birds of prey.; Dinosaurs; Wings (Anatomy).; Television programs.; Educational television programs.; Films for hard of hearing people;
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Functional morphology in vertebrate paleontology / by Thomason, Jeff.(CARDINAL)334353;
Includes bibliographical references.(cont.) Functional evolution of the hindlimb and tail from basal theropods to birds / Stephen M. Gatesy -- Functional interpretation of spinal anatomy in living and fossil amniotes / Emily B. Giffin -- To what extent can the mechanical environment of a bone be inferred from its internal architecture? / Jeffrey J. Thomason -- Form versus function : the evolution of a dialectic / Kevin Padian.(cont.) The artificial generation of wear patterns on tooth models as a means to infer mandibular movement during feeding in mammals / Virginia L. Naples -- Determination of stresses in mammalian dental enamel and their relevance to the interpretation of feeding behaviors in extinct taxa / John M. Rensberger -- The structural consequences of skull flattening in crocodilians / Arthur B. Busbey -- Graphical analysis of dermal skull roof patterns / Keith S. Thomson -- The forelimb of Torosaurus and an analysis of the posture and gait of ceratopsian dinosaurs / Rolf E. Johnson and John H. Ostrom.On the inference of function from structure / George V. Lauder -- The Extant Phylogenetic Bracket and the importance of reconstructing soft tissues in fossils / Lawrence M. Witmer -- Fossils, function, and phylogeny / David B. Weishampel -- Masticatory function in nonmammalian cynodonts and early mammals / A.W. Crompton -- Correlations between craniodental morphology and feeding behavior in ungulates : reciprocal illumination between living and fossil taxa / Christine M. Janis -- Functional predictions from theoretical models of the skull and jaws in reptiles and mammals / Walter S. Greaves -- Carnassial functioning in nimravid and felid sabertooths : theoretical basis and robustness of inferences / Harold N. Bryant and Anthony P. Russell.
Subjects: Vertebrates, Fossil.;
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