(2012)
The National Geographic Society,
2012 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 17.95 USD; 20.50 CAD
- Pages
- 40
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The National Geographic Society
- Brand
-
National Geographic
- ISBN
-
978-1-4263-0862-8
- Barcode
- 9781426308628 51795
- Editing
- Jennifer Emmett
- Color
- Color covers and interior
- Dimensions
- 8 3/4" w x 10 1/4" h
- Paper Stock
- Glossy
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publishing Format
- One-Shot
Issue Notes
Design by Hannah Bonner (author/artist), David M. Seager (art director), and Ruthie Thompson.
Keywords Dinosaur; evolution; extinction; paleontology; prehistoric; prehistory; Triassic
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.125 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- More scorching weather ahead, folks.
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction; anthropomorphic-funny animals; nature
- Characters
- Weather announcer
- Keywords
- Climate; dinosaur; paleontology; prehistoric; Triassic
Indexer Notes
A Triassic beast discusses the climate.
Early Triassic Survivors Tell Us Their Secrets
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction; anthropomorphic-funny animals; nature
- Characters
- television reporter; pleuromeia; fungi; clams; lystosaurus; thrinaxodon; procolophon; bacteria
- Keywords
- Dinosaur; extinction; paleontology; Permian; prehistoric; Triassic
Indexer Notes
Various flora and fauna report on how they survived the extinction event at the end of the Permian period.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.125 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Good morning, paleo weather watchers!
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction; anthropomorphic-funny animals; nature
- Characters
- Weather reporter
- Keywords
- Climate; dinosaur; paleontology; prehistoric; Triassic
Indexer Notes
Reporter discusses the changing climate.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dr. Friedrich, I suggest we call this period the layercakean.
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction; nature
- Characters
- Paleontologists
- Keywords
- Geology; paleontology; prehistoric; sedimentary; Triassic
Indexer Notes
Humorous account of coining the name Triassic
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.75 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tethys Travel
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction; anthropomorphic-funny animals; nature
- Characters
- Nothosaur; ticinosuchus
- Keywords
- Beach; dinosaur; paleontology; prehistoric; Tethys; tourism; Triassic; vacation
Indexer Notes
Travel brochures for the prehistoric Tethys Sea
Marine Madness
cartoon / 0.75 page
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction; anthropomorphic-funny animals; nature
- Characters
- Tanystropheus; nothosaurus; neusticosaurus; placodus
- Keywords
- Dinosaur; ocean; Triassic
Indexer Notes
Marine reptiles of the Triassic, and their diets
King Therpasid's Court
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction; anthropomorphic-funny animals; nature
- Characters
- King Therapsid; luperosuchus
- Keywords
- Crocodile; dinosaur; evolution; paleontology; prehistoric; Triassic
Indexer Notes
Transition of top predators
The Court of King Croc
cartoon / 0.125 page
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction; anthropomorphic-funny animals; nature
- Characters
- King Croc; aetosaur
- Keywords
- Dinosaur; paleontology; prehistoric; Triassic
Indexer Notes
Cartoon on crocodilian archosaurs as the dominant group.
A Dinosaur in the Croc King's Court
cartoon / 0.125 page
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction; anthropomorphic-funny animals; nature
- Characters
- King Croc; herrerasurus
- Keywords
- Dinosaur; paleontology; prehistoric; Triassic
Indexer Notes
Cartoon on the dawn of true dinosaurs
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.375 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We Got More Ways to Eat a Forest Than Any Bug That Came Before Us.
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction; anthropomorphic-funny animals; nature
- Characters
- Bah Hum Bug rap group
- Keywords
- Bug; insect; paleontology; prehistoric; rap; Triassic
Indexer Notes
Cartoon and rap about the explosion of insect life.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.125 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Another possible use for megalancosaurus's tail hook...
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction; anthropomorphic-funny animals; nature
- Characters
- magalancosaurus; hypuronector
- Keywords
- Dinosaur; paleontology; prehistoric; Triassic
Indexer Notes
Humorous look at two oddly-tailed dinosaurs
Coral Coffee Klatch
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction; anthropomorphic-funny animals; nature
- Characters
- corals
- Keywords
- Coral; coral reef; ocean; paleontology; prehistoric; Triassic
Indexer Notes
Cartoon on formation of first coral reefs
Artistic License
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction; anthropomorphic-funny animals; nature
- Characters
- Hannah Bonner; morganucodon
- Keywords
- Art; artist; paleontology; prehistoric; Triassic
Indexer Notes
Comic strip about artistic rendering of extinct animals
Queen Dino's Court
cartoon / 0.125 page
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction; anthropomorphic-funny animals; nature
- Characters
- Queen Dino; plateosaurus
- Keywords
- Dinosaur; paleontology; prehistoric; Triassic
Indexer Notes
Cartoon
The Late Triassic Times.com
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction; anthropomorphic-funny animals; nature
- Characters
- Africa; North America; census taker
- Keywords
- Pangaea; prehistoric; tectonic; Triassic
Indexer Notes
Mock on-line newspaper highlighting the breakup of Pangaea
Crocodile Tears
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction; anthropomorphic-funny animals; nature
- Characters
- dinosaur; crocodilian
- Keywords
- Crocodile; dinosaur; extinction; prehistoric; Triassic
Indexer Notes
Cartoon on the End-Triassic Extinction Event
Appendix I: A Time Line of Life on Earth
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction; nature
- Characters
- Readers; bacteria; multicellular life; dinosaurs
- Keywords
- Bacteria; dinosaur; geology; paleontology; prehistoric
Indexer Notes
Comic-strip timeline, beginning with the formation of the earth
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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1.
["More scorching weather ahead, folks."]
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2.
Early Triassic Survivors Tell Us Their Secrets
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3.
["Good morning, paleo weather watchers!"]
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4.
["Dr. Friedrich, I suggest we call this period the layercakean."]
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5.
["Tethys Travel"]
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6.
Marine Madness
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7.
King Therpasid's Court
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8.
The Court of King Croc
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9.
A Dinosaur in the Croc King's Court
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10.
["We Got More Ways to Eat a Forest Than Any Bug That Came Before Us."]
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11.
["Another possible use for megalancosaurus's tail hook..."]
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12.
Coral Coffee Klatch
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13.
Artistic License
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14.
Queen Dino's Court
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15.
The Late Triassic Times.com
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16.
Crocodile Tears
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17.
Appendix I: A Time Line of Life on Earth
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- Kirk House
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