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Dinosaur Extinction and the End of an Era: What the Fossils Say (Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology)
  
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Dinosaur Extinction and the End of an Era: What the Fossils Say (Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology) (Paperback)

by JD Archibald (Author)
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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Columbia University Press (27 Mar 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0231076258
  • ISBN-13: 978-0231076258
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 14.6 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 574,946 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Archibald presents a superb synopsis of vertebrate fossil assemblages found in the western interior of the U.S. leading up to the extinction . . . [He] claims that sea-level change is the principal cause of dinosaur extinction, but he does not deny that meteoritic impact also played a role . . . The student is exposed to the details behind the theories, and the reasoning that drives serious scientific debate. The well-informed geologist will see a side of the extinction debate that has not been promoted in the press and nonspecialist literature.


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The first book to approach the Cretaceous extinction -- the period during which dinosaurs disappeared from Earth -- from the perspective of the fossil record.

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5.0 out of 5 stars What the Fossils Say - And Don't Say . . ., 12 Mar 1999
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The best book on the market concerning the fossil record at the Cretaceous/Tertiary (K/T) Boundary! In this excellently written book, Archibald clearly points out the misconceptions, myths and truths concerning the K/T extinction, and though the book is technical in nature, it is the technical aspects of the fossil record that are typically overlooked by other books and articles promoting the asteroid that "killed the dinosaurs." The fossil record needs to be looked at - critically. And Archibald excels in that. Moreover, he approaches the subject with an open mind. If conclusions can't be made from the evidence, he doesn't make them. That cannot be said of others who support the impact theory without considering what the fossil record actually "says" about the extinction. If one seriously considers Archibald's arguments, one has no choice but to question the validity of the impact as a "selective" killer at the end of the Cretaceous. This book is a must read for those who think the riddle has been solved. It hasn't.
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