Grave Secrets of Dinosaurs: Soft Tissues and Hard Science
by Phillip Manning
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Author: Phillip ManningEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Illustrated
Published: 2008-01-08
ISBN: 1426202199
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: National Geographic
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Book Review: Too early?
Summary: 3 Stars
The topic of this book is hugely interesting. So far, very few dinosaur fossils with remains of skin and other soft tissue have been found. This is a pity because they can yield so much additional information regarding these long-dead animals.
The main character of Phillip Manning's book is the fossilised hadrosaur, nicknamed Dakota. Dakota, found in 1999, promises to be the best and most completely preserved dinosaur mummy so far discovered. With a bit of luck, not only the skin will be there, but also internal organs and tissue - duly petrified, of course. Alas, the book does not tell us much about Dakota. By the time the book for some reason had to go into press, most of the fossil was still encased in the block of rock in which it had been removed, and the attempts to perform a CT (sort of a 3-dimensional x-ray) scan ended - after many pages in the book - in the complete break-down of the equipment. No scan result, apart from a bit of the tail, is described. There isn't even a good picture of any part of Dakota in the book (but to compensate, several of the author...).
The book instead contains a lot of other matter, of more or less relevance. The early carreer of the author is maybe of less interest, but there are some good bits on the natural processes which have resulted in the fossils we find today.
Once Dakota has been freed completely and the CT device has been fixed, we look very much forward to a new edition of Manning's book, with all the scientific goodies found.
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