Window into the Jurassic world : Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill, Connecticut Cover Image

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Window into the Jurassic world : Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill, Connecticut / Nicholas G. McDonald ; with photography by Richard Bergen.

McDonald, Nicholas G. (Author). Bergen, Richard. (Added Author). Friends of Dinosaur Park and Arboretum, Inc. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0982590512
ISBN: 9780982590515
ISBN: 0982590504
ISBN: 9780982590508
Physical Description: viii, 105 p. : col. ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Publisher: Rocky Hill, Conn. : Friends of Dinosaur State Park and Arboretum, Inc., c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-98) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Time and change ; The geologic time scale and time-line walkway at Dinosaur Park ; Fossils and the record of life on Earth -- Birth of a valley ; Climates of the early Mesozoic ; The Central Valley of Connecticut in modern times: the rock record -- Discovery! Dinosaur tracks revealed ; The exhibit center trackways -- Evidence: life of the ancient landscapes ; A moment in the Triassic: the Sillin mural and late Triassic diorama ; Jurassic valley: the Dilophosaurus diorama and mural ; "Fossil" lakes of the Jurassic -- Traces: fossil footprints of the Central Valley ; Tracks of Fossils ; Hitchcock and the origins of ichnology ; Common fossil footprints in the Central Valley -- The arboretum of evolution ; The fossil record of land plants ; Highlights of the arboretum -- Natural areas and nature trails ; The natural setting ; Ecological habitats at Dinosaur State Park -- Park programs.