Book DescriptionDinosaur Provincial Park, located in Alberta, Canada, is one of the grand natural locales in the world It has also produced an abundance of dinosaur fossils, including specimens from every known group of dinosaurs from the Cretaceous period This book, published in celebration of the sites 50th anniversary, is the first scientific огмпн overview of the park, its flora and fauna, its major fossil discoveries, and its ecology Philip J Currie and Eva B Koppelhus, along with a team of 32 other scientists, present a comprehensive synthesis of information Chapters include studies of the parks geology, paleoecology, bonebeds, and taphonomic modes Other chapters summarize the palynomorphs, mollusks, fishes, lissamphibians, crocodylians, and pterosaurs, among other extinct denizens of the park And, of course, there are studies of the major dinosaur and mammal discoveries at the site A special color insert features life reconstructions of the Parks animals by some of the worlds finest paleo-artists The book also includes a CD-ROM with additional data and photographs This comprehensive history of a remarkable window into the history of the earth will be required reading for everyone interested in the life of the past.  Комплект2005 г 648 стр ISBN 0253345952.