Dinosaur Extinction and the End of an Era : What the Fossils Say

the First Book To Approach The Cretaceous Extinction — The Period During Which Dinosaurs Disappeared From Earth — From The Perspective Of The Fossil Record. choice 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. Broadening the basis of information on the topic of the Cretaceous extinction, this book particularly highlights evidence that points away from the global catastrophic scenario, towards a fossil based theory suggesting that a multitude of factors resulted in the period's radical changes