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Dinomike and Tzeasaura Find a Plesiosaur

by Mike Baldwin

32 pages; saddle stitched; catalogue #03-1158; ISBN 1-4120-0790-9; US$17.50, C$20.00, EUR14.50, £10.00

Dinomike takes his niece fossil hunting and they discover the fossil of an extinct marine reptile from the time of the dinosaurs. Tzeasaura learns about fossils and what they tell us about life a long time ago.

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About the Book The book Dinomike and Tzeasaura Find a Plesiosaur was originally written for my niece Tzeamara Goddard to describe how I discovered a plesiosaur fossil. The real fossil, named the "Baldwin Plesiosaur" was discovered near the town of Center, Nebraska one very cold December morning. At the time I was looking for fossils, but hardly thought I would find anything as big as a plesiosaur. Only a few miles away I had found sharks* teeth on an earlier hunt and would have been happy finding a few at this location. The plesiosaur vertebrae turned out to be the only fossils I found that day. Over the next year the location yielded many more fossils including belemnites, ammonites, fish, mosasuar bones and few mollusk shell. The Baldwin plesiosaur is only about 70 million years old, making it one of the earliest known discoveries of a long-necked plesiosaur. After writing this book, I visited my niece and we went fossil hunting together near Folkstone, England. She helped me find many belemnites and ammonite fossils. Alas, we did not find a plesiosaur. The book, Dinomike and Tzeasaura Find a Plesiosaur educates children about what real fossils look like and describes how they are found. Dinomike explains to Tzeasaura about how the world must have been about 100 million years ago. The book is scientific from the standpoint that Dinomike uses evidence to describe the world a long time ago and all the fossils described could easily be found from that time period. Dinomike explains how fossils are good evidence that the world is always changing. The illustrations represent what different fossil looks like. The fossil illustrations are followed by an illustration of what the animal might have looked like. As the story progresses, Paleobob enters the story. Paleobob is a paleontologist who explains to Tzeasaura more about fossils and answers some of her questions. As with all significant discoveries, when some one finds what appears to be a large vertebrate fossil, some one needs to call in the professional paleontologist. The book includes a glossary at the end to help children with the long names. Drawings with the animals labeled are included so that children can match the fossil to the animal and the name with the picture. Adults and children will find Dinomike and Tzeasaura Find a Plesiosaur to be both entertaining and educational. Children who are interested in dinosaurs or fossils should really enjoy this book. For more information and free fossil activities, please read the Dinomike Study Guide.

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About the Author Mike Baldwin currently is the Elementary Science Specialist for the Brownsville Independent School District. He has 20 years experience working in education. He has served in the US Peace Corps in Costa Rica, Worked as a Principal in Montevideo, Uruguay, Trained teachers and presented workshops at conferences both in North America and South America. He has discovered rare fossils in South America, Texas and Nebraska. He is the first person to photograph and identify the Green-breasted Mango Hummingbird (Anthracothorax prevosti) in the United States. On December 28, 2001, Mr. Baldwin discovered the rare fossil of a plesiosaur near Center, Nebraska while looking for sharks' teeth. The fossil is officially named the Baldwin Plesiosaur.

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