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Fossils : the key to the past

Title
Fossils : the key to the past / Richard Fortey.
Author
Fortey, Richard A.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1991.

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Description
187 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm
Subject
  • Fossils
  • Paleontology
  • Trace fossils
  • Fossils
  • Paleontology
  • fossils
  • paleontology
  • Trace fossils
  • Fossil
  • Paläontologie
  • Paleontologia
  • Fossiles
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
Buried in the rocks -- Setting the stage: Time and change -- Rocks and fossils -- How to recognize fossils -- Bringing fossils back to life -- Evolution and extinction -- Origin of life and its early history -- Fossils in the service of man -- Discovery of a new dinosaur-The story of "Claws" -- Making a collection.
ISBN
  • 0674311353
  • 9780674311350
  • 0674311361
  • 9780674311367
LCCN
90024760
OCLC
  • ocm22860924
  • 22860924
  • SCSB-1924756
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library