Desert dinosaurs : discovering prehistoric sites in the American southwest
Anthony D. Fredericks
- Woodstock, VT. Countryman Press 2012.
- 240 pages illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subtitle from cover. Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-233) and index.
Your southwestern course schedule -- Your southwestern visitor's guide -- Southwestern paleontology (a very short course) -- Zuniceratops, Dilophosaurus, and other southwestern beasts -- Dinosaurs by state -- Tours, trips, and travels -- The day I met the "Bisti beast" in Albuquerque -- In old Tucumcari -- Footprints in time -- Of symbols and Coelophysis -- "Your place for dinosaurs ..." -- Makin' tracks -- Painted and petrified perspectives -- Of names and Sonorasaurus.
Combines literary anecdotes with recommendations for hands-on discovery to introduce natural-world excavations in Arizona and New Mexico, where dinosaurs used to roam during the Mesozoic era.