Cargando…
Identification Guide to the Fossil Plants of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Drumheller, Alberta.
Plant fossils have helped scientists reconstruct the natural surroundings that supported the growth and evolution of dinosaurs - their food sources and habitat. While there are many scientific and general books on the dinosaurs and dinosaur fossils of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation, this is the firs...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
University Of Calgary Press
2009-06-30.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Bibliographic Information; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Photographic Credits; Introduction; Purpose; Geology of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation; Ash Beds; Coal Seam of Zone Markers; Palynology; Palaeo-Magnetostratigraphy; Types of Preservation and Methods of Study; Compression Impressions; Casts and Molds; Petrification; Carbonization; Collecting Specimens; Cataloguing, Preparation, and Study of Specimens; Problems Encountered with Interpretation of Fossil Specimens; Classification of Fossil Plants Found in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation.
- History of Fossil Plant Collecting Within the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Drumheller, AlbertaPresent Status of the Plant Fossil Record; Kingdom Protista; Kingdom Myceteae; Division Thallophyta; Kingdom Plantae; Division Hepatophyta; Division Bryophyta; Division Lycopodiophyta; Division Sphenophyta; Division Filicophyta; Division Cycadophyta; Division Ginkgophyta; Division Coniferophyta; Division Angiospermophyta; Environmental Reconstruction of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation Based on the Flora; Environmental Reconstruction of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation Based on the Fauna.
- Food for Thought: Dinosaur/plant interactionsConclusion; Glossary; References and Selected Readings; Index.