Dinosaurs, With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Dinosaurs, With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections, credited to William Diller Matthew, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Dinosaurs, With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections by William Diller Matthew. Read in English by Jeffery America has had a fascination with dinosaurs, particularly since the wild enthusiasm of Jurassic Park and its sequels. The term "dinosaur" was coined in 1841 by the Victorian scientist Sir Richard Owen. By the end of the 19th century, geologists and paleontologists had described fossil skeletons of many groups, and museums competed for the best dinosaur fossils. In this 1915 book, famed paleontologist William Diller Matthew describes fossils from the American museum collections, including the carnivores such as Tyrannosaurus Rex, the amphibious plant eaters such as Brontosaurus, and the horned dinosaurs such as Triceratops. A perfect primer for those who are intrigued by the giants that ruled the earth before mammals. - Summary by Jeffery Smith

Recording facts

• Recording title: Dinosaurs, With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections
• Author credits: William Diller Matthew
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 14
• Listed recording duration: 4:22:12

Catalogue topics

• dinosaur
• paleontology

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 2:41
2. 01 - The Age of Reptiles — 14:01
3. 02 - North America in the Age of Reptiles — 14:43
4. 03 - Kinds of Dinosaurs — 13:55
5. 04 - The Carnivorous Dinosaurs — 45:35
6. 05 - The Amphibious Dinosaurs — 25:06
7. 06 - The Beaked Dinosaurs — 10:18
8. 07 - The Beaked Dinosaurs (cont.) — 27:58
9. 08 - The Beaked Dinosaurs (cont.) — 8:54
10. 09 - The Beaked Dinosaurs (concluded) — 10:16
11. 10 - Geographical Distribution of Dinosaurs — 3:38
12. 11 - Collecting Dinosaurs — 29:10
13. 12 - Collecting Dinosaurs (cont.) — 28:51
14. 13 - Collecting Dinosaurs (concluded) — 27:06

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