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| 1. |  | Title: The Bug Creek problem and the Cretaceous-Tertiary transition at McGuire Creek, Montana  Author: Lofgren, Donald L 1950- Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Science | Paleontology Publisher's Description: Bug Creek assemblages from Montana, transitional in composition between typical Cretaceous and Paleocene vertebrate faunas, are critical to K-T extinction debates because they have been used to support both gradual and catastrophic K-T extinction scenarios. Geological and palynological data from McG . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 2. |  | Title: The Dinosauria Author: Weishampel, David B 1952- Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Science | Paleontology | Geology | Biology Publisher's Description: The Dinosauria provides a state-of-the-science view of current world research on dinosaur behavior, evolution, and extinction. Its internationally renowned authors, all specialists on the various members of the Dinosauria, contribute definitive descriptions and illustrations of these magnificent Mes . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 3. |  | Title: Mesozoic birds: above the heads of dinosaurs Author: Chiappe, Luis M Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Organismal Biology | Ornithology | Paleontology | Evolution Publisher's Description: Our knowledge of the origin and early evolution of birds has exploded in the past ten to fifteen years. In the 1990s alone, scientists became aware of approximately three times more species of early birds than were previously known, marking the first 85 million years of avian development as a period . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 4. |  | Title: Life's origin: the beginnings of biological evolution Author: Schopf, J. William 1941- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Organismal Biology | Paleontology | Astronomy | Evolution | Earth Sciences | Physical Sciences Publisher's Description: Always a controversial and compelling topic, the origin of life on Earth was considered taboo as an area of inquiry for science as recently as the 1950s. Since then, however, scientists working in this area have made remarkable progress, and an overall picture of how life emerged is coming more clea . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 5. |  | Title: On her own terms: Annie Montague Alexander and the rise of science in the American West Author: Stein, Barbara R 1955- Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Autobiographies and Biographies | History of Science | Paleontology | California and the West | Women's Studies Publisher's Description: At a time when women could not vote and very few were involved in the world outside the home, Annie Montague Alexander (1867-1950) was an intrepid explorer, amateur naturalist, skilled markswoman, philanthropist, farmer, and founder and patron of two natural history museums at the University of Cali . . . [more] Similar Items |