Fossils A photographic field guide
Book - 2016
This title offers a new, reformatted and updated edition of this popular title which is suitable for experts and armchair enthusiasts alike. Easy to use, highly informative and illustrated throughout with amazing colour photographs, this title covers all classifications of fossils, with more than 190 fossils from around the world. Information given for each fossil includes its genus name, the main identifying characteristics of the genus, its maximum or average size, information about its occurrence, and general information pertaining to either the genus or the particular specimen featured. A quick reference guide to the geological range of each genus is also included in the form of an icon, which sits beside each genus name. Box features a...re peppered throughout the book, providing information on a number of topics relevant to a featured fossil's family or order. A geological timescale is also provided, to help the reader to gain a sense of temporal perspective, and also to complete the identification process.
- Subjects
- Published
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London
Bloomsbury Natural History
2016.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Item Description
- First published by New Holland (UK) Ltd 2007.
- Physical Description
- 239 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 18 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-235) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781472933331