Donald R. Prothero

Fantastic Fossils

A Guide to Finding and Identifying Prehistoric Life

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In Fantastic Fossils, Donald R. Prothero offers an accessible, entertaining, and richly illustrated guide to the paleontologistâ s journey. He details the best places to look for fossils, the art of how to find them, and how to classify the major types.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 165mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9780231195782
• ISBN-10: 0231195788
• Artikelnr.: 56719750

Autorenporträt

Donald R. Prothero Illustrated by Mary Persis Williams

Inhaltsangabe

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