W. Scott Persons Dinosaurs of the Alberta Badlands Paperback Book

Home to the 2,500km Fossil Trail, the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum, the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, and Dinosaur Provincial Parka UNESCO World Heritage sitethe Alberta Badlands have unearthed more species of dinosaurs than anywhere else in the world and hundreds of thousands of tourists visit the fossil beds annually. Despite being star attractions in museums around the world, the dinosaurs of Alberta have never before been the subject of a book that explores their unique interrelationships and scientific importance, while still being accessible to young readers. In Dinosaurs of the Alberta Badlands, paleontologist Dr. Persons travels back in time 76 million years to the Late Cretaceous period, when pterosaurs soared through the skies, prehistoric sea monsters as long as school buses swam in Albertas shallow sea, and anklyosaurs and cerotopsians roamed the swamps and flood plains that would eventually become the badlands of today. Meet the terrifying Albertosaurus, a relative of Tyrannosaurus, and the planteating, duckbilled Edmontosaurus. Bet on the winner of a race between a tyrannosaur and a hadrosaurwhos quick and deadly, whos slow and steady? Explore some of Albertas most notable dig sites, including the Danek Bonebed, and learn how fossils form and what paleontologists do when they find them. And discover dinosaurs avian legacy and Albertas official provincial "dinosaur"the great horned owl. Featuring paleoart by Julius Csotonyi, over seventyfive... | W. Scott Persons Dinosaurs of the Alberta Badlands Paperback Book