Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World

by John Foster and John Foster

Book Overview

The famous bone beds of the Morrison Formation, whose rocks are exposed from Wyoming down through the red rock region of the American Southwest, have yielded one of the most complete pictures of any ancient vertebrate ecosystem in the world. After more than a century of exploration, the Morrison continues to yield new discoveries about a time so different from our own that it almost seems imaginary. Aimed at the general reader, Jurassic West...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253348706
• ISBN13: 9780253348708
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 389 Pages
• Weight: 2.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher