Dinosaurs of Darkness by Thomas H. Rich and Patricia Vickers-Rich, Indiana
University Press, £24, ISBN 0253337739
DINOSAURS are not won easily from the Earth. Most fossils are scattered
single bones, not the seemingly complete skeletons shown in museums.
Palaeontologists move tonnes of rock to uncover—if they are
lucky—grams of bone. They prepare their meagre treasures with exacting
care, hoping for insights into vanished eras.
Australia is not fertile ground for dinosaurs, but Tom Rich and his wife Pat
Vickers-Rich have made the most of the sparse fossil record. Their finds have
shown that small dinosaurs stayed active through…
