{"product_id":"dinosaurs-of-the-alberta-badlands-9781550178210","title":"Dinosaurs of the Alberta Badlands","description":"\u003cp\u003eHome to the 2,500-km Fossil Trail, the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum, the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, and Dinosaur Provincial Park--a UNESCO World Heritage site--the 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDinosaurs of the Alberta Badlands\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 Alberta's shallow sea, and anklyosaurs and cerotopsians roamed the swamps and flood plains that would eventually become the badlands of today. Meet the terrifying \u003ci\u003eAlbertosaurus\u003c\/i\u003e, a relative of \u003ci\u003eTyrannosaurus\u003c\/i\u003e, and the plant-eating, duck-billed \u003ci\u003eEdmontosaurus\u003c\/i\u003e. Bet on the winner of a race between a tyrannosaur and a hadrosaur--who's quick and deadly, who's slow and steady? Explore some of Alberta's 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 Alberta's official provincial \"dinosaur\"--the great horned owl.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeaturing paleoart by Julius Csotonyi, over seventy-five photos and illustrations, and profiles of leading paleontologists, \u003ci\u003eDinosaurs of the Alberta Badlands\u003c\/i\u003e showcases Alberta's prehistoric beasts, not as participants in a parade of isolated monsters, but as animals adapted to be part of a long-lost ecosystem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePersons, W. Scott:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. W. Scott Persons IV\u003c\/strong\u003e is a paleontologist and instructor at the University of Alberta. He has taken part in fossil-hunting expeditions throughout the badlands of the American West, the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, the canyons of Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge, the pampas of Argentina, and the volcanic ash beds of Northern China. His work has been featured on the \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDiscovery\u003c\/i\u003e channels and in \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDiscover Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Edmonton, AB, with his wife, Amanda.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCsotonyi, Julius T.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Julius T. Csotonyi\u003c\/strong\u003e is a paleoartist and has collaborated on projects with several major museums and book publishers from around the globe, including the National Geographic Society and the Royal Tyrrell Museum. His artwork has appeared in numerous books including recently \u003ci\u003eThe Paleoart of Julius Csotonyi\u003c\/i\u003e (Titan Books, 2014) and \u003ci\u003eDinosaur Art: The World's Greatest Paleoart\u003c\/i\u003e (Titan Books, 2012). He has been honoured with the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize for 2-Dimensional Art three times (2010, 2012, 2014). He lives in Vancouver, BC.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harbour Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50420034732306,"sku":"9781550178210","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f7d862a0-e64a-4e76-9924-1313980b2d3e.jpg?v=1729488450","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dinosaurs-of-the-alberta-badlands-9781550178210","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}