Book Two

A Moment in Time With Albertosaurus

Try to imagine the power and ferocity of a single three tonne carnivorous dinosaur. Then, imagine nine or ten of these beasts living and hunting together as a pack. This frightening thought was reality for many herbivores that lived alongside the mighty members of the tyrannosaur family.

This book is about Albertosaurus, the tyrannosaur family member whose fossilized remains we have had the most opportunity to study. In 1910, Barnum Brown of the American Museum of Natural History (New York) discovered a bone bed along the Red Deer River in Alberta, Canada. Not until 1996 was the full significance of this discovery realized. To date the bones of nine Albertosaurus have been uncovered. This has provided the first real evidence of packing behavior among large carnivorous dinosaurs. This bone bed also makes us question what catastrophic event caused at least nine of these amazing animals to die at the same time. Numerous other fossil sites in Alberta paint a picture of dinosaur life in the late Cretaceous period. It was information from these fossil sites that enabled us to write this book. The story, even though a work of fiction, uses the actual scientific information known about Albertosaurus. These facts are presented at the end of the story.

A Moment In Time With Albertosaurus is the second book in a series of stories readers aged 8 to adult will enjoy. This book features the work of renowned dinosaur artist Jan Sovak. The scientific information on Albertosaurus is provided by Dr. Phil Currie, Curator of Dinosaurs at the Tyrrell Museum. Both Eric Felber and Phil Currie contributed to the story line.

The book is approximately 7" x 9.5" (175x245 mm), 47 pages long, and is hard cover with a jacket. It is printed on glossy art paper. Anyone who enjoys "dinosaur art" will thoroughly enjoy A Moment in Time With Albertosaurus. The book is visually appealing with 10 full-page illustrations in the text of the story and pictures of Albertosaurus fossils included in the technical write-up.

You can order this book in many ways:

From Raincoast Books

Any CHAPTERS store across Canada

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