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Horseshoe crabs and velvet worms : the story of the animals and plants that time has left behind /

Former Natural History Museum (London) paleontologist Fortey gives us the stories of those plants, animals and other creatures that have survived from Earth's early days, the planet's "true marathon runners."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fortey, Richard A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Edition:1st American ed.
Subjects:
Arthropoda > Conservation.
Invertebrates > Conservation.
Limulus polyphemus > Conservation.
Worms.
Plant conservation.
Description
Summary:Former Natural History Museum (London) paleontologist Fortey gives us the stories of those plants, animals and other creatures that have survived from Earth's early days, the planet's "true marathon runners."
Item Description:"Originally published as Survivors in Great Britain by HarperPress, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, London."
Physical Description:xv, 332 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0307263614
9780307263612