The Life of a Fossil Hunter

Charles Sternberg (1850 - 1943)

Charles Sternberg was an American fossil collector and paleontologist. He was active in both fields from 1876 to 1928, and collected fossils for private collectors as well as for international museums. This book is part travelogue, part paleontology, and part historical narrative of life on the open prairie. In it, Sternberg tells of his early interest in fossil hunting as a boy, and scientific expeditions from his first in 1876 to one for the Munich Museum in 1901. - Summary by Ava

Genre(s): Animals, Memoirs, Earth Sciences

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface and Introduction Availle
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Play 01 Early Days and Work in the Dakota Group of the Cretaceous Adrian Stephens
00:45:19
Play 02 First Expedition to the Kansas Chalk (1876) Adrian Stephens
00:43:04
Play 03 Expedition with Professor Cope to the Bad Lands of the Upper Cretaceous (1876) - Part 1 SKwanlada
00:31:46
Play 04 Expedition with Professor Cope to the Bad Lands of the Upper Cretaceous (1876) - Part 2 SKwanlada
00:32:14
Play 05 Further Work in the Kansas Chalk (1877) Tom Esker
00:32:22
Play 06 Discovery of the Loup Fork Beds of Kansas and Subsequent Work There (1877, 1882–1884) Tom Esker
00:37:57
Play 07 Expedition to the Oregon Desert in 1877 Tom Esker
00:40:14
Play 08 Expedition to the John Day River in 1878 - Part 1 Rita Boutros
00:24:35
Play 09 Expedition to the John Day River in 1878 - Part 2 Rita Boutros
00:30:55
Play 10 First Expedition to the Permian of Texas in 1882 Rita Boutros
00:38:49
Play 11 Expeditions in the Permian of Texas for Professor Cope (1895–1897) Availle
00:21:01
Play 12 In the Red Beds of Texas for the Royal Museum of Munich (1901) ToddHW
00:28:28
Play 13 Conclusion ToddHW
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