African Dinosaurs Unearthed: The Tendaguru ExpeditionsIndiana University Press, 02.07.2003 - 432 Seiten From 1907 to 1931 at Tendaguru, a remote site in present-day Tanzania, teams of German (and later British) paleontologists unearthed 220 tons of fossils, including the bones of a new dinosaur, one of the largest then known. For decades the mounted skeleton of this giant, Brachiosaurus, was the largest skeleton of a land animal on exhibit in the world. The dinosaur and other animal fossils found at Tendaguru form one of the cornerstones of our understanding of life in the Mesozoic era. Visited sporadically during the '30s and '40s, Tendaguru again became the site of scientific interest late in the 20th century. African Dinosaurs Unearthed tells the story of driven scientific adventurers working under difficult conditions and often paying the price with their health—and sometimes with their lives. Set against the background of a troubled century, the book reveals how scientific endeavors were carried on through war and political turmoil, and continue into the present day. |
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3 1909 A Cemetery of Giants | 23 |
4 19091910 Geology in the Rain | 50 |
5 1911 Along the Railway | 68 |
6 19111912 A Museum Overflows | 83 |
7 19131918 Fresh Discoveries and a Bitter War | 99 |
8 19191924 The British Museum in Tanganyika Territory | 116 |
14 19261927 Berlin in Chaos | 195 |
15 19271929 Geology at Tendaguru | 212 |
16 1929 Migeod Returns | 219 |
17 1930 Migeod and Parrington Tendaguru and Nyasaland | 231 |
18 19311939 Berlins Museum Triumphs | 245 |
19 19391976 Destruction and Renewal | 269 |
20 19712001 Russell to Africa Brachiosaurus to Tokyo Berlin to Tendaguru | 288 |
21 A Significant Contribution | 309 |
9 19241925 Cutler Leakey and a Difficult Start | 128 |
10 1925 Berlin Builds Dinosaurs | 144 |
11 1925 A Death in Africa | 156 |
12 1925 A New Recruit | 164 |
13 19251926 An Expedition Saved | 171 |
NOTES | 335 |
REFERENCES | 359 |
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