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7. Fossils and Extinction Dangerous Ideas
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents iv
- Maps and Tables viii
- Preface x
- Acknowledgments xiv
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part one: The Jeffersonians
- 1. Fossil Hunters on the Frontier 3
- 2. Big Bone Lick 10
- 3. Franklin, Jefferson, and the Incognitum 24
- 4. Jefferson’s “Great-Claw” and a World About to Change 34
- 5. The First American Dinosaurs An Eighteenth-Century Mystery Story 41
- 6. Fossils and Show Business Mr. Peale’s Mastodon 46
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part two: Fossils and Geology
- 7. Fossils and Extinction Dangerous Ideas 57
- 8. Mary Anning’s World 72
- 9. An American Natural Science 86
- 10. An American Geology 98
- 11. Bad Lands No Time for Ideas 105
- 12. Dr. Leidy’s Dinosaur 122
- 13. Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden 126
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part three: Giant Saurians and Horned Mammals
- 14. Kansas and a New Regime 147
- 15. Entry of the Gladiators 155
- 16. Riding the Rails 168
- 17. The First Yale College Expedition 177
- 18. The Competition Begins 207
- 19. Buffalo Land Who Was Professor Paleozoic? 216
- 20. 1872 The Year of Conflict 227
- 21.The Case of the Great Horned Mammals 245
- 22. Going Separate Ways 258
- 23. Two into Four Won’t Go 270
- 24. To the Black Hills 279
- 25. To the Judith River 287
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part four: Toward the Twentieth Century
- 26. The Rise of Dinosaurs 295
- 27. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 311
- 28. Going Public 326
- 28. 1890 The End of the Beginning 333
- Appendix A The Geological Column 351
- Appendix B Leidy on Evolution 354
- Appendix C Cope on Evolution 357
- Notes 361
- Index 387
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents iv
- Maps and Tables viii
- Preface x
- Acknowledgments xiv
-
part one: The Jeffersonians
- 1. Fossil Hunters on the Frontier 3
- 2. Big Bone Lick 10
- 3. Franklin, Jefferson, and the Incognitum 24
- 4. Jefferson’s “Great-Claw” and a World About to Change 34
- 5. The First American Dinosaurs An Eighteenth-Century Mystery Story 41
- 6. Fossils and Show Business Mr. Peale’s Mastodon 46
-
part two: Fossils and Geology
- 7. Fossils and Extinction Dangerous Ideas 57
- 8. Mary Anning’s World 72
- 9. An American Natural Science 86
- 10. An American Geology 98
- 11. Bad Lands No Time for Ideas 105
- 12. Dr. Leidy’s Dinosaur 122
- 13. Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden 126
-
part three: Giant Saurians and Horned Mammals
- 14. Kansas and a New Regime 147
- 15. Entry of the Gladiators 155
- 16. Riding the Rails 168
- 17. The First Yale College Expedition 177
- 18. The Competition Begins 207
- 19. Buffalo Land Who Was Professor Paleozoic? 216
- 20. 1872 The Year of Conflict 227
- 21.The Case of the Great Horned Mammals 245
- 22. Going Separate Ways 258
- 23. Two into Four Won’t Go 270
- 24. To the Black Hills 279
- 25. To the Judith River 287
-
part four: Toward the Twentieth Century
- 26. The Rise of Dinosaurs 295
- 27. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 311
- 28. Going Public 326
- 28. 1890 The End of the Beginning 333
- Appendix A The Geological Column 351
- Appendix B Leidy on Evolution 354
- Appendix C Cope on Evolution 357
- Notes 361
- Index 387