Window into the Jurassic world
Subtitle: Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill, Connecticut
By: Nicholas G. McDonald ; with photography by Richard Bergen
Contributors: Bergen, Richard; Friends of Dinosaur Park and Arboretum, Inc
Publisher: Friends of Dinosaur State Park and Arboretum, Inc.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Rocky Hill, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 105
ISBN-13: 9780982590508; 9780982590515
Subjects: Dinosaurs; Paleontology; Dinosaur tracks; Fossils; Geology
Other titles: Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill, Connecticut
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-98) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Time and change ; The geologic time scale and time-line walkway at Dinosaur Park ; Fossils and the record of life on Earth; title: Birth of a valley ; Climates of the early Mesozoic ; The Central Valley of Connecticut in modern times: the rock record; title: Discovery! Dinosaur tracks revealed ; The exhibit center trackways; title: 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; title: Traces: fossil footprints of the Central Valley ; Tracks of Fossils ; Hitchcock and the origins of ichnology ; Common fossil footprints in the Central Valley; title: The arboretum of evolution ; The fossil record of land plants ; Highlights of the arboretum; title: Natural areas and nature trails ; The natural setting ; Ecological habitats at Dinosaur State Park; title: Park programs.