Fossil [electronic resource]
Taylor, Paul D.2013
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Abstract: Here is an original and exciting new look at fossils - the remains of long-vanished animals and plants. Stunning real-life photographs of the spectacular remains of ancient lives offer a unique "eyewitness" view of what fossils are, how they were formed, and how they lived millions of years ago. See pearls that are 50 million years old, a dinosaur's toe, a troublesome "snake" that was turned to stone, a fossilized human being, and a snail made of precious stones. Learn how fossils are formed, how trilobites have been preserved for 590 million years, where to look for a belemnite, and how fossils helped the pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Discover which are the most precious fossils in the world, where ammonites lived, how big mammoths were, what a devil's toenail looks like, and much, much more.
Main title:
Fossil [electronic resource] / written by Paul D. Taylor ; [special photography, Colin Keates].
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Edition:
Rev. ed.
Imprint:
New York [N.Y.] : DK Pub., 2004 (Boston, Mass. : Credo Reference, 2013.)
Collation:
1 online resource (291 entries) : 490 images, digital files.
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Notes:
"Discover what fossilized shells, bones, skulls, teeth, and plants tellus about earlier eras"--Cover.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Print version: 72 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, ports. (some col.)
Contents:
Fossils - true and false -- The making of rocks -- Turning to stone -- The changing world -- Early paleontology -- Fossil folklore -- Fossils of the future -- Remarkable remains -- Corals -- Sea bed dwellers -- Shells of all shapes -- Intelligent mollusks -- Animals in armor -- Arms and spines -- Fishes -- Plants - the pioneers -- Fossil fuels -- Out of the water -- Onto the land -- Sea dragons -- Fossil giants -- Discovering dinosaurs -- Winged wonders -- Mammal variety -- A world apart -- Human fossils -- Living fossils -- Fossil hunting -- Did you know? -- Identifying fossils -- Find out more -- Glossary.
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Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781782682134 (online)9780756606824 (print)0756606829 (hc)0756606810 (lib bdg)
Dewey class:
560
LC class:
QE714.5
Language:
English
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BRN:
502422
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