Deep Alberta: Fossil Facts and Dinosaur Digs

John Acorn

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Deep Alberta

Fossil Facts and Dinosaur Digs

John Acorn

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2007

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About this book

Alberta is well known for its fossil treasures, and author John Acorn is as keen on the long-dead creatures of Alberta as he is on the living. Here, John features 80 of the most noteworthy fossils, fossil locations, and fossil hunters from this most palaeontological of provinces. There's more to the story of "deep Alberta" than dinosaurs, but dinosaur fans will find all their favourite beasts here as well -- from Edmontosaurus to Tyrannosaurus rex, and everything in-between. Then there are the surprises, such as the world's oldest pike, the discovery of a venomous mammal, and the fossils found in such unlikely places as Edmonton and Calgary. Prepared with the collaboration of palaeontologists around Alberta, and the world-renowned Royal Tyrrell Museum, this is a book that is long overdue, and that deserves a place on everyone's bookshelf.

Colour photographs, map, index

Author / Editor information

Acorn John :

John Acorn is a writer, broadcaster, and biologist. In 2008, he received NSERC's Michael Smith Award for Science Promotion. He lives in Edmonton with his wife Dena and sons Jesse and Ben.

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Life Sciences Zoology

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Geology of Alberta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Albanerpetontids, as We Say… Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	2
Ammonites and Ammolites Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	5
Albertosaurus, Alberta’s Dinosaur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	6
Amber, Fossilized Tree Sap Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	9
Amia, The Bowfin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	10
Atrociraptor, The New Raptor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	13
Basilemys, A Very Large Turtle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	14
Bison, As Opposed to Buffalo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	17
The Blindman River Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	18
Belonostomus, A Pointy-headed Fish Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	21
Barnum Brown, Fossil Hunter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	22
Burbank, Alberta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	25
Calgary, and the Things That Lay Beneath It Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	26
Extinct Camels Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	29
The Canadian Shield Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	30
Centrosaurus, A Herding Horned Dinosaur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	33
Champsosaurus, A Kind of Non-Crocodile Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	34
Chasmosaurus, A Short-Horned Dinosaur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	37
North American Cheetahs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	38
The Bow Valley at Cochrane Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	41
Cretaceous Lizards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	42
Alberta’s Crocodilians Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	45
Dawn Redwood Trees Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	46
Devil’s Coulee and its Dinosaur Nests Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	49
Didelphodon, A Sort of Primitive Possum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	50
Dinosaur Provincial Park Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	53
Dromaeosaurus, A Snappy Little Raptor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	54
The Drumheller Badlands Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	56
Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	58
Dunkleosteus, A Very Scary Fish Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	61
Edmonton, A Modest Sort of Dinosaur Graveyard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	62
Edmontosaurus, Edmonton’s Duck-billed Dinosaur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	65
Edmontonia, Edmonton’s Other Dinosaur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	66
Feathered Dinosaurs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	69
Fossil Frogs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	70
Gar, The Fish Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	73
Horn Corals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	74
How Do You Know Where To Dig? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	77
Hypacrosaurus, Less than the Ultimate Dinosaur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	78
The Kleskun Hills Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	81
Lambeosaurus, Lambe’s Dinosaur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	82
Leptoceratops, A Hornless Horned Dinosaur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	85
Alberta’s Lions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	86
Lundbreck Falls and the Black Beauty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	89
Mammoths and Mastodons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	90
The Milk River Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	93
Mosasaurs, The Giant Marine Lizards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	94
Multituberculates, Common but Extinct Mammals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	97
Myledaphus, A Guitar Fish Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	98
New Fossil Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	101
The Oil Sands Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	102
Ornithomimids, The Bird Mimics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	105
Pachyrhinosaurus, The Thick-nosed Dinosaur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	106
Palaeontology in Alberta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	109
Pantodonts, Giant Palaeocene Mammals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	110
Parasaurolophus, A Long-headed Duck-bill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	113
Parksosaurus, Park’s Dinosaur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	114
The World’s Oldest Pike Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	116
Plants of the Ornithomimid Quarry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	118
Plesiadapis, A Weird Early Primate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	121
Plesiosaurs, The Sea Serpents of the Mesozoic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	122
“Primitive” Plants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	125
Pterosaurs, The Flying Reptiles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	126
Fossil Salamanders Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	129
Sandy Point Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	130
Saurornitholestes, A Raptor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	133
Short-faced Bear Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	134
Since the Ice Age Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	137
Snakes of the Dinosaur Times Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	138
Soft-shelled Turtles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	141
Stegoceras Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	142
The Sternberg Family Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	145
Sedimentology, the Science of Sediments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	146
Sturgeon, A Living Fossil Fish Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	149
Styracosaurus, A Classic Alberta Dinosaur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	150
Trace Fossils Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	153
Trace Fossils Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	154
Triceratops, The Three-horned Face Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	157
Tyrannosaurus or “T. rex” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	158
The Venomous Mammal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	161
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	163
References and Further Reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	167
Key Figures in Alberta Palaeontology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	169
Image Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	173
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	177

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eBook published on:

February 7, 2007

eBook ISBN:

9780888648518

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

Main content:

200

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780888648518

eBook ISBN: 9780888648518

Keywords for this book

Palaeontology; Dinosaurs

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General/trade;

Deep Alberta

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