Dinosaurs of the East Coast

Introduces the dinosaurs that roamed the Atlantic coast, including the plant-eating Astrodon johnstoni which roamed Maryland one hundred million years ago and the Hadrosaurus foulkii, a duck-billed dinosaur that lived in New Jersey some seventy million years ago

Paleontologist Weishampel (Johns Hopkins U.) and science writer Young describe both the environment and denizens of the eastern US during the dinosaur age; and the history and methods of finding, interpreting, and displaying the fossil remains. Includes a guide to museums. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

In Dinosaurs of the East Coast David Weishampel and Luther Young restore East Coast dinosaurs to their rightful place on the paleontological map. They describe such dinosaurs as the plant-eating Astrodon johnstoni, similar to the Brachiosaurus, which browsed in a tropical Maryland jungle 100 million years ago. Other East Coast dinosaurs included a distant relative of Astrodon, Anchisaurus polyzelus, which lived in New England some 200 million years ago. And the remains of Hadrosaurus foulkii, a duck-billed dinosaur that lived in New Jersey some 70 million years ago, represented North America's first well-preserved dinosaur skeleton.
The authors also show that dinosaur fossil-hunting has not only had a long history along the Atlantic coast but also is very much alive there today. Some dinosaur fossils have come from the bog iron and clay pits of Maryland and New Jersey, while others have been discovered in the riverbanks of North and South Carolina. Dinosaur footprint sites have been found from central Virginia to the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia.

General

ISBN		9780801852169
Fiction/Non-Fiction		Non-Fiction
Publisher		Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Pages		275
List Price		$35.95
Author		Weishampel, David B. Young, Luther
Publication Date		06/01/1996
Release Status		In Print
Format		Hardcover
Language		English
Measurements		Height: 10 Inches (US) Width: 8 Inches (US) Thickness: 1 Inches (US) Unit Weight: 2.1 Pounds (US)