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Film, Video Dinosaurs Along the Silk Road

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Title

  • Dinosaurs Along the Silk Road

Summary

  • During the past seven years, James M. Clark has been part of a team that found the bones of small dinosaurs mired in mud, stacked one on top of another, in the northern part of Xinjiang, China, near the ancient Silk Road. Clark, who is the Ronald Weintraub Professor of Biology at George Washington University, says a spectacular bestiary of dinosaurs and their contemporaries lies buried in the Gobi Desert of China and Mongolia. The desert, according to Clark, has grudgingly yielded their bones to paleontological expeditions that can endure its rugged terrain, harsh sandstorms and flash floods. In his lecture, Clark showed images of his work in the Gobi and discuss the discoveries made by his expeditions and by others. Many of the discoveries provide critical support for the hypothesis that birds evolved from dinosaurs, and he will discuss this controversial theory.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2009-06-24.

Headings

  • -  Architecture, Landscape
  • -  Environment, Conservation
  • -  Education
  • -  Science, Technology

Notes

  • -  Classification: Education.
  • -  Classification: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation.
  • -  Classification: Science.
  • -  James M. Clark.
  • -  Recorded on 2009-06-24.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687532

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Library Of Congress, and Technology Library Of Congress. Science. Dinosaurs Along the Silk Road. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-24, 2009. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687532/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Science, T. (2009) Dinosaurs Along the Silk Road. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-24. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687532/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Technology Library Of Congress. Science. Dinosaurs Along the Silk Road. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-24, 2009. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687532/>.