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Fantastic fossils : a guide to finding and identifying prehistoric life /
"Nothing fills us with a sense of wonder like fossils. What looks at first like a simple rock is in fact a clue that reveals the staggering diversity of ancient environments, the winding pathways of evolution, and the majesty of a vanished earth. But as much as one might daydream of digging a h...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2020]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. Fossils Are Where You Find Them
- 1. Fantastic Fossils
- 2. How Are Fossils Formed?
- 3. What Kinds of Rocks Yield Fossils?
- 4. Where Do You Find Fossils?
- 5. Dating Fossils
- 6. Collecting Fossils: Badlands
- 7. Collecting Fossils: Beaches
- 8. Collecting Fossils: Quarries and Roadcuts
- 9. The Crucial Step: Collecting Data
- Part II. Identifying Your Fossils
- 10. What's in a Name?
- 11. Phylum Porifera: Sponges and Their Relatives
- 12. Phylum Cnidaria (Coelenterates): Sea Jellies, Sea Anemones, and Corals
- 13. Phylum Brachiopoda: Brachiopods, or Lamp Shells
- 14. Phylum Bryozoa: Bryozoans, or Moss Animals
- 15. Phylum Arthropoda: Trilobites and Their Relatives
- 16. Phylum Mollusca: Clams, Snail, Squids, and Their Relatives
- 17. Phylum Echinodermata: Sea Stars, Sea Urchins, and Their Relatives
- 18. Phylum Hemichordata: Graptolites
- 19. Phylum Chordata: Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals
- 20. Paleobotany: Fossil Plants
- Index
- Color Illustrations