Re: Message for Ron Baalke

[James Mahaffy <mahaffy@dordt.edu>]

J.R. Choate said:

> In his account of the collection of dino mummies, Ron Baalke commented that
> "The Sternbergs collected for Cope, and then for Canada's Geological Survey."
> I should add that George Sternberg also collected extensively for us but did
> not obtain any dino mummies during his affiliation with Fort Hays State
> University. A good reference with respect to the Sternbergs is as follows:
> 
> Rogers, K. 1991. The Sternberg fossil hunters: a dinosaur dynasty. Mountain
> Press Publ. Co., Missoula, Montana.
>


Let me add my two cents worth. The book is very easy to read and hard to
put down and considering that some British publisher wants me to pay $50
to keep a text on Micropaleontology, priced right. 

Some of the stories of the earlier dinosaur hunters make fascinating
reading. 

 
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