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Fossil Ecosystems of North America

 

By: John Nudds, University of Manchester
Paul Selden

Fossil-Lagerstätten provide us with windows on the history of life on earth and this book focuses on 14 outstanding Fossil-Lagerstätten located in North America.

  • Provides insights into the history of life on earth
  • Contains succinct summaries of 14 outstanding fossil Lagerstätten located in North America
  • Includes over 300 superb colour photographs and drawings
  • Useful appendices listing museums to visit, how to visit the sites and additional reading


Features
  • Provides insights into the history of life on earth
  • Contains succinct summaries of 14 outstanding fossil Lagerstätten located in North America
  • Includes over 300 superb colour photographs and drawings
  • Useful appendices listing museums to visit, how to visit the sites and additional reading


Contents

Introduction
1. The Gunflint Chert
2. Mistaken Point
3. Burgess Shale
4. Beecher’s Triolbite Bed
5. The Bertie Waterlime
6. Gilboa
7. Mazon Creek
8. The Chinle Group
9. The Morrison Formation
10. The Hell Creek Formation
11. The Green River Formation
12. Florissant
13. Dominican Amber
14. Rancho La Brea
Appendix
Museums and Site Visits
Index

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176 pages


ISBN
9781840760880
ISBN 10
1840760885
Paperback
[also available in Hardback]



Published
1 Nov 2007 (USA)
1 Jan 2008 (ROW)

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