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Exceptional Fossil Preservation: A Unique View on the Evolution of Marine Life - The Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology
David J Bottjer
Exceptional Fossil Preservation: A Unique View on the Evolution of Marine Life - The Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology
David J Bottjer
This photographically rich volume provides a synthetic overview of a wide sample of Lagerstatten from marine environments reaching back in time to the Precambrian, more than 500 million years ago. These occurrences of exceptional fossil preservation are providing scientists with a new source of evidence to understand how life has evolved in the Earth's oceans.
424 pages, 78 black & white illustrations, 22 maps
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | August 27, 2002 |
ISBN13 | 9780231102544 |
Publishers | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 424 |
Dimensions | 178 × 254 × 28 mm · 1.17 kg |
Language | English |
Editor | Bottjer, David |
Editor | Etter, Walter |
Editor | Hagadorn, James |
Editor | Tang, Carol (Director, Visitor Interpretive Programs, California Academy of Sciences) |
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