| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
135 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page [128]) and index. |
| Contents |
Glimpse of an ancient past -- Supervolcano -- Unusual find -- Hitting paydirt -- How old? -- Hidden in ash -- Deducing behavior -- A long, slow death -- Solving old mysteries -- Digging deeper -- Eureka! -- Seeing a bigger picture -- Making a park -- Searching for ancient water -- The lucky ones -- Finding the volcano -- Peering underground -- A bigger barn -- Ghost tracks -- More evidence -- Always something new. |
| Summary |
"Twelve million years ago, rhinos, elephants, and giraffes roamed North America. They would gather at nearby watering holes-eating, drinking, and trying not to become someone else's lunch. But one day, in what we now know as Nebraska, everything changed. The explosion of a supervolcano a thousand miles away sent a blanket of ash that buried these animals for millennia. Until 1953, when a seventeen-year-old farm worker made an unbelievable discovery. This is the first book to be published about the Ashfall Fossil Beds, where more than two hundred perfectly preserved fossils have been found. Step into the past with author Alison Pearce Stevens, who has worked with many of the Ashfall researchers at the University of Nebraska State Museum"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Audience |
Ages: 8-12 Henry Holt and Company. |
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Grades: 4-6 Henry Holt and Company. |
| Subject |
Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park (Neb.) -- Juvenile literature.
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Paleontological excavations -- Nebraska -- Royal -- Juvenile literature.
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Fossils -- Nebraska -- Royal -- Juvenile literature.
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Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park (Neb.) |
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Fossils -- Nebraska.
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Paleontology -- Nebraska.
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Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park (Neb.). |
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Paleontological excavations.
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Fossils.
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| Genre |
Instructional and educational works.
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| Added Author |
Huynh, Matt, illustrator.
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| Added Title |
Amazing discovery of the Ashfall Fossil Beds |
| ISBN |
9781250266576 hardcover : $19.99 |
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1250266572 hardcover |
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