Dinosaurs under the Aurora

Index

171 INDEX Abbott, A., 156n7 Actualism, 155n58 Adhesives, 117–118 Ager, Thomas, 32 Alaska: amber in, 131–132; Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, 12f, 40, 67; Aniakchak Preserve, 12f; Arctic Region generally, 26–29, 27f, 28f; Brooks Range (see Brooks Range); coal in, 87, 128–132, 154n12, 157n4; Cretaceous era (see Cretaceous period); Denali National Park and Preserve, 12f, 67, 79–80, 140, 153n16, 153n19, 153n21; Katmai National Park, 67; mosquitoes, 27, 44–45; Northern , 139–140; North Slope (see North Slope); oil exploration in, 25–26, 150nn1–2; region overview, 6–7, 6f; Talkeetna Mountains, 12f, 51, 90–92, 91f, 92f, 151n14; Texas connection , 67, 152n1; Umiat, 61–62, 152nn25–26; wildlife in, 5–6 Alaskacephale, 84, 98f Alaskan Peninsula, 140–142 Albertosaurus, 2, 100, 103, 138 Alexander, R. McNeill, 81 Allosaurus, 12f, 23 Alvarez, L. W., 151n22 Alvarez, Walter, 32–34 Amber, 130–132 Amblydactylus, 109, 111, 112 Ampelopsis, 1 Anchiceratops, 93–94, 154n28 Angiosperms, 96, 149n2 Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve (Alaska), 12f, 40, 67 Animal behavior studies, 155n58 Ankylosauridae: diet, 99–100; discovery of, 12f, 23–24, 51; habitat, Cretaceous period, 90; jaws, chewing apparatus, 97–99, 98f; migration of, 83, 111–112; taxonomy, 96–97 Archosauria, 7 Arctic, 4–6. See also Alaska Arctic Alaska Dinosaur Program: communications, 73–74; Deadhorse Airport, 69, 152n5; establishment of, 66, 68; excavation, 70, 71f, 151n8; extraction of team, 70–71, 72f; Kikak-Tegoseak, 69, 74–80, 74f, 75f, 92, 153n16; Liscomb Bone Bed (see Liscomb Bone Bed); mapping, 70; Poverty Bar, 69–70; specimen processing, 70, 72–73, 73f; tools, 70, 152n6; transportation, 68–69, 71–72 Arctic Circle, 4 Arctic Coastal Plain: described, 1–2, 26–29, 27f, 28f, 42, 149nn1–2; field work challenges in, 27–29; as habitat, Cretaceous period, 88–90, 89f; petroleum production in, 26; pingos, 42, 151n1. See also Dinosaur discovery Arctic Dreams (Lopez), 5 Arctic rivers, 56, 78–79 Asaro, F., 151n22 Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), 26 Audi, Walt, 79 Aurora borealis (northern lights), 6 Avery, Joanne, 54f Aves: discovery of, 12f, 80; large eye evolution in, 155n52; taxonomic classification of, 7, 18 Axel Heiberg Island (Canada), 12f, 15, 18–19, 20f, 138 Barentsia, 88f, 113–114, 132 Barren-ground caribou, 81 Barrow rescue team, 79 Batten, R. L., 153n4 Bears, 46, 78 Benson, Carl, 133 Beringia (Bering Land Bridge), 88f, 112–113 Berry, Ruth, 121 “The Big Splash,” 37 Bird, Roland T., 104 Birds. See Aves Black Lake, 140, 156n13 “Bloat and float” dinosaurs, 90– 92, 91f, 92f Bolides, 150n17 Bonnet Plume Formation, 19, 138–139 Borogovia, 101 Brease, Phil, 80 British Anglo-Iranian Oil Company , 25–26 British Petroleum (BP), 26 Brooks Range (Alaska): described, 26, 42; formation of, Cretaceous period, 87; habitat, Cretaceous period, 96; oil exploration in, 29–32, 31f. See also Alaska Brouwers, Elizabeth, 32, 36 Brunton compass, 70, 115, 152n6 Burden, Elliot, 16 Bush flying, 41, 42, 43f, 59–60, 68, 70–72, 76, 79, 152n25 Bylot, Robert, 15 Bylot Island (Canada), 12f, 15–18, 16f, 17f, 18f, 83 California, 130, 152n1 Calvin, Melvin, 124 Canada: Axel Heiberg Island, 12f, 15, 18–19, 20f, 138; Bylot Island, 12f, 15–18, 16f, 17f, 18f, 83; Drumheller, 88f, 136–138; Hadrosauridae (duckbills) in, 82–83, 109, 111 (see also Hadrosauridae); Kaskapau Formation (Quality Creek), 104; Northwest Territories, 12f, 19, 138; Nunavut, 138; Peace Index 172 River, 88f, 110–111; petroleum production in, 152n1; Red Deer River, 136–138; Smoky River, 106–108, 107f, 155n13; Sverdrup Basin, 15, 132, 138; Whiskers Lake, 88f, 108–110, 109f, 110f; Whitehorse Trough, 19; Yukon Territory, 12f, 15, 19, 88f Canadian-Chinese Dinosaur Project, 16–18 Cano, Raúl, 130 Cantwell Formation, 80, 153n16 Caribou, 27, 35, 69, 81, 83–84 Carnosaurs, 12f Carter, David, 32 Casassa, Linda, 75f CAT scans, 116–117 Ceratopsidae: denning in, 155n54; diet, 1, 89, 96, 149n1; discovery of, 12f, 19, 35, 82, 83; evidence of predation, 100; eye size, 155n52; habitat, Cretaceous period, 87, 89, 90; in Liscomb, 82; migration of, 82, 83, 111–112; skeletal representations , Cretaceous, 93–94, 154n24, 154n28; skull features (jaws, teeth), 94–96, 95f, 96f; social behaviors, 95–96, 155n58 Cessna planes, 41, 42, 43f, 59 Chasmosaurinae, 93–94, 154n28 Cheechako, 37, 61, 69, 151n42 Chiapas amber, 131 Chinook helicopters, 68, 70–72, 76, 79 Christian fundamentalists, 36, 151n33 Cissites, 1 Clemens, William, 32, 34, 41 Climate change (global warming), 11, 61, 133–134 Coal, 87, 128–132, 154n12, 157n4 Columbosauripus, 112 Colville, Andrew W., 43 Colville River, 27f, 28f, 30...