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Jewels in the ASH.
- Source :
- National Geographic; Aug2005, Vol. 208 Issue 2, p86-94, 9p, 4 Color Photographs, 2 Black and White Photographs, 1 Map
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Focuses on a fossil site in northeastern China's Liaoning Province. Discoveries of dinosaurs, birds, mammals, fish and insect fossils preserved in clay, silt and ash; Details of fossilized specimens; Comments of Xu Xing of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing; History of the area; How conditions provided a fruitful environment for plants and animals to differentiate and flourish; Discovery of fossils of dinosaurs with feathers, which supported the now widely endorsed theory that modern-day birds descended from dinosaurs. INSETS: Aquatic Prowler;Dino Becomes Dinner.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00279358
- Volume :
- 208
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- National Geographic
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 17647197