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Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy
by Mark P. Witton.
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For 150 million years, the skies didn’t belong to birds–they belonged to the pterosaurs. These flying reptiles, which include the pterodactyls, shared the world with the nonavian dinosaurs until their extinction 65 million years ago. This richly illustrated book takes an unprecedented look at these astonishing creatures, presenting the latest findings on their anatomy, ecology, and extinction.
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Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age by W. Bernard Carlson |
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The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking by Edward B. Burger & Michael Starbird |
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I will definitely be participating in the upcoming webinar, is sounds wonderful. I have been interested in birding since the lone ornithology class that I took as an elective, as part of my biology track. My keen interest in it, above my other classes, was a bit of foreshadowing of things to come. Needless to say, I am no longer a biologist…