The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt
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In 1911, Dr Ernst Stromer led an expedition to Egypt's Bahariya Oasis in the Sahara and discovered four new species of dinosaurs, including the tyrannosaurus rex - sized predator Spinosaurus. Following the 1910 - 1914 expedition, Stromer returned, with the fossils, maps and details of his discovery, to Munich. But, tragically, all of his work was incinerated in 1944 during the Allied bombing of the city. In 1999, University of Pennsylvania graduate student Josh Smith and a team of fourteen scientists, under the direction of world-renowned paleontologist Dr Peter Dodson, returned to Egypt to retrace Stromer's steps. Working on luck as much as scientific analysis, the team blundered onto an archaeological site that has yielded awe-inspiring results: an entirely new genus of dinosaur, Paralititan Stromeri, the second largest dinosaur to walk the earth.
Author: William E. Nothdurft
Format: Hardback, 256 pages, 160mm x 240mm, 526 g
Published: 2002, Random House USA Inc, United States
Genre: Earth Sciences
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In 1911, Dr Ernst Stromer led an expedition to Egypt's Bahariya Oasis in the Sahara and discovered four new species of dinosaurs, including the tyrannosaurus rex - sized predator Spinosaurus. Following the 1910 - 1914 expedition, Stromer returned, with the fossils, maps and details of his discovery, to Munich. But, tragically, all of his work was incinerated in 1944 during the Allied bombing of the city. In 1999, University of Pennsylvania graduate student Josh Smith and a team of fourteen scientists, under the direction of world-renowned paleontologist Dr Peter Dodson, returned to Egypt to retrace Stromer's steps. Working on luck as much as scientific analysis, the team blundered onto an archaeological site that has yielded awe-inspiring results: an entirely new genus of dinosaur, Paralititan Stromeri, the second largest dinosaur to walk the earth.
The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt