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How to find a dinosaur
Hone, David2025
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Learn how to be a dinosaur detective and join a team at every stage of the process, from planning an expedition and digging for clues to safely transporting any finds back for study. Dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago, but their fossils can still be found hidden beneath the earth - if you know how to look for them.Learn how to be a dinosaur detective and join a team at every stage of the process, from planning an expedition and digging for clues to safely transporting any finds back for study. Meet the palaeontologists and geologists who cross continents to uncover underground fossils and the researchers and palaeoartists who work out the stories from the bones.We're going on a dinosaur hunt... what will we find?Written by an expert palaeontologist with experience of discovering new species, each stage in the process is verified and a perfect resource for fossil hunters aged 7 and up.
Main title:
How to find a dinosaur / David Hone ; illustrated by Josy Bloggs.
Author:
Hone, David, authorBloggs, Josy, illustrator
Work:
Edition:
New in Paperback.
Imprint:
E. Sussex : Wayland, 2025.
Collation:
48 p. : Full colour illus throughout ; 264 x 210 mm. 214 gm.
Notes:
Glossary.Hbk pub Mar 2025.
Audience:
Young People.Reading grade level: 7-9.Interest age level: 7-11.Interest grade level: KS2.
Contents:
Meet the palaeontologistsPlanning our expeditionGetting the gearMeet the teamField siteProspectingTypes of fossilDigging for cluesPlaster protectionStaying safeMoving outUnloadingStudy timeWhat have we found?Safe in storageDesigning the displayHow to create a castCompleting the puzzleMountingA dinosaur discoveryEtc...
Biography/History:
Dr. Dave Hone is a palaeontologist working primarily on dinosaur behaviour and ecology. He has named new species, looked at locomotion and evolutionary patterns and he also researches some other ancient reptile groups, especially pterosaurs. He is a senior lecturer in zoology at Queen Mary University of London in the UK and has been studying and teaching biology his whole adult life.
In addition to writing books, David hosts the podcast, Terrible Lizards. He maintains several blogs, including Lost Worlds Revisited on The Guardian. He has been a consultant for various TV shows and regularly gives public talks on his research.
ISBN:
9781526326775 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
C567.9HON
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
935252