Gorgon: Paleontology, Obsession, and the Greatest Catastrope in Earth's History
New York: Viking Press, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing. hardcover. 257 pp. with index. Illustrations. Creatures paleontologists have called "gorgons" ruled Earth's world of animals long before the Age of Dinosaurs. They were the T-rex of their day unril an enviormental cataclysm 250 million years ago wiped them (and some 90 percent of all plant and animal species) out. This work tells of modern day scientists search for the cause of this extinction in Africa and elsewhere; it also explores in human terms why scientists so doggedly and at great hardship cost devote their live sto pursuing this ancient animal. Fine / fine. Item #E27015
ISBN: 0670030945
Price: $12.50