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Book Title: Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries : Amazing Fossils and the People Who Found Them
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.6in
Author: Donald R. Prothero
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Life Sciences / Evolution, Earth Sciences / Geology, History, Paleontology
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 2021
Genre: Science
Item Weight: 22.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 488 Pages
