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Fantastic fossils : a guide to finding and identifying prehistoric life /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prothero, Donald R. (Author)
Other Authors: Williams, Mary Persis (Illustrator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Paleontology.
Fossils.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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